Old School House is a Grade II listed building in the Ashford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 August 1962. A C17 or earlier Educational.
Old School House
- WRENN ID
- young-moat-rain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ashford
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 August 1962
- Type
- Educational
- Address
- Old School House, 12, Front Road, Woodchurch
- OS grid reference
- TQ 942 348
- Coordinates
- 51.08041, 0.77177
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old School House is a 17th century or earlier timber-framed building situated on a base of stone rubble. The ground floor has been refaced with red brick, while the upper part is tile hung, featuring a slight projecting base between the two materials. The building stands two storeys high with attics and has a hipped tiled roof that includes two gabled dormers. It has three casement windows and a 19th century gabled porch. In front of the house, there is a pavement made of Bethersden marble.
Local climate
Old School House sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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