Old School House is a Grade II listed building in the Merton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 May 1954. School. 6 related planning applications.
Old School House
- WRENN ID
- gaunt-wicket-moth
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Merton
- Constituency
- Mitcham and Morden MP: Dame Siobhain McDonagh (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 May 1954
- Type
- School
- Address
- Old School House, Central Road, SM4 5SR
- OS grid reference
- TQ 251 674
- Coordinates
- 51.39191, -0.20272
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old School House is a house with an attached school, dated 1731, with later additions. It is constructed of brown brick with red dressings and features a machine-tiled pitched roof that reaches the eaves. The building has two storeys and a west facade comprising three bays. The central entrance is square-headed and has a gabled hood, leading to an old planked door. The windows are segmental-headed sashes with glazing bars. Above the entrance, the central bay is blind and has an inset stone with the inscription: 'This School House was Erected at the Expense of Mrs Elizabeth Gardiner deceased daughter of George Garth Esq in the year 1731. The ground on which this school stands on was the gift of Mrs Elizabeth Garth, wife of the late Richard Garth Esq.' There are 19th-century additions to the east and south facades.
Local climate
Old School House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Related listed building consents — 6 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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