The Old School House is a Grade II listed building in the Ashford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 February 1967. School house. 2 related planning applications.
The Old School House
- WRENN ID
- wild-corner-snow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ashford
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 February 1967
- Type
- School house
- Address
- The Old School House, the Street, Smarden, TN27 8QA
- OS grid reference
- TQ 880 423
- Coordinates
- 51.1495, 0.68745
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old School House is a 16th century or earlier timber-framed building located on the north side of The Street in Smarden. The timber framing is exposed on the first floor, while the ground floor features partly painted brick and post and panel framing with plaster infill. It has a hipped tiled roof and includes casement windows with small square leaded panes in some locations. The building is two storeys high and has a total of five windows. A 19th century gabled porch is also present.
Local climate
The Old School House 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 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- 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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