Former Church School (The Church Hall) is a Grade II listed building in the Milton Keynes local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 May 1983. School, church hall.
Former Church School (The Church Hall)
- WRENN ID
- sunken-bonework-burdock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Milton Keynes
- Constituency
- Milton Keynes North MP: Chris Curtis (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 May 1983
- Type
- School, church hall
- Address
- Former Church School (The Church Hall), High Street South, Olney
- OS grid reference
- SP 889 511
- Coordinates
- 52.15156, -0.70151
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The former Church School, also known as The Church Hall, is a building dating from around 1840. It is constructed from local limestone with dressings made of Northamptonshire iron stone and features a slate roof. The building is two storeys high and has two projecting bays facing the street, each containing a large three-light window with a transom, hood mould, and cast iron diagonal patterned glazing. Above these windows are shaped gables with Tudor arch attic ventilators. There are porches on each side, which have stone-coped gables, Tudor arched doorways, and small side windows. Additionally, there are two tall windows on each side, each featuring hood moulds and iron glazing.
Local climate
Former Church School (The Church Hall) sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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