Lady Vernon's School House is a Grade II listed building in the Lewes local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 August 1965. School house.
Lady Vernon's School House
- WRENN ID
- small-landing-swallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lewes
- Constituency
- East Grinstead and Uckfield MP: Mims Davies (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 August 1965
- Type
- School house
- Address
- Lady Vernon's School House, Chailey Lane, Newick
- OS grid reference
- TQ 418 199
- Coordinates
- 50.96188, 0.01898
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Lady Vernon's School House is a small building that was constructed in 1771 by the Hon Louisa Barbara Vernon, the daughter of Bussy, Lord Mansell, and the wife of the Hon George Vernon of Newick Park, who later became Lord Vernon of Kinderton. Originally, the structure housed a large schoolroom and a mistress's house, but in 1926, the schoolroom was converted into a second dwelling. The building is now a single dwelling. It features a main section that is two storeys high with two windows, along with slightly recessed wings that are each one storey. The exterior is made of red brick, partially refaced with cement, and includes long and short quoins. The roof is tiled and topped with a ball finial. The central doorway has a flat hood supported by brackets and features a door with six fielded panels. Above the doorway is an oval panel that reads: "Endowed by the Honourable Louisa Barbara Vernon. AD 1771".
Local climate
Lady Vernon's School House receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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