The Old Bluecoat School is a Grade I listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 November 1983. A 1304 School, chapel. 4 related planning applications.
The Old Bluecoat School
- WRENN ID
- small-window-honey
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Newbury MP: Mr Lee Dillon (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 November 1983
- Type
- School, chapel
- Address
- The Old Bluecoat School, Chapel Street, Thatcham, RG18 4QL
- OS grid reference
- SU 521 674
- Coordinates
- 51.40384, -1.25124
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Bluecoat School is a historic chapel, now functioning as a shop, founded in 1304 and dedicated to St. Thomas. The building features a flint and brick plinth, rendered with stone dressings, and has an old tile roof. It consists of two bays, with north and south windows that have moulded surrounds, returned hood moulds, and wooden mullions and transoms. There is a blocked doorway at the east end of the south side, which has a two-centred arch and a hood mould with square stops. The west end includes a gabled porch with a two-centred arch and a hood mould with square stops, flanked by 14th-century canopied niches, and a small blind arch in the gable end above. The interior features a roof from the 19th century, except for one older tie beam.
Local climate
The Old Bluecoat School receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- 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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