Former Bonchurch School and School House is a Grade II listed building in the Isle of Wight local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 July 1976. School.
Former Bonchurch School and School House
- WRENN ID
- crooked-latch-vale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Isle of Wight
- Constituency
- Isle of Wight East MP: Joe Robertson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 July 1976
- Type
- School
- Address
- Former Bonchurch School and School House, Bonchurch Shute, Ventnor
- OS grid reference
- SZ 576 780
- Coordinates
- 50.59958, -1.18688
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Former Bonchurch School and School House, built around 1840-1850, is a Gothic-style building made of stone rubble with stone dressings, arranged in an H plan. The main hall, which served as the former school, is located in the west wing and is two storeys high, while the east wing contains a single storey and attic school master's house. The building features steep gable end tiled roofs with copings and kneelers, overhanging eaves, and grouped diagonally set red brick chimneys. The central block has a spired bellcot or clock turret on the ridge and a projecting, enclosed stone gabled porch. The east front of the master's house includes two three-light stone mullioned windows with drip moulds and a four-centred chamfered arched doorway. Other windows are similar, with two or three lights, and are taller on the west wing, contributing to the picturesque appearance of the building.
Local climate
Former Bonchurch School and School House receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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