Village school and school house is a Grade II listed building in the Ashford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 August 1979. A C19 School and school house. 2 related planning applications.

Village school and school house

WRENN ID
steep-solder-elder
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Ashford
Constituency
Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 August 1979
Type
School and school house
Address
Village school and school house, Church Hill, High Halden, TN26 3JB
OS grid reference
TQ 901 371
Coordinates
51.10248, 0.71425
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The village school and school house in High Halden was built in 1868 and designed by the architect G.E. Street. This single-storey building is constructed of red brick and features a high gabled roof covered with curved tiles. It has a clustered brick chimneystack and a porch leading to the schoolroom, which includes a timber-framed gable. The windows and door are rectangular, with mullions, transoms, and glazing bars. The school house also has a timber-framed gable and a dormer at the rear.

Local climate

Village school and 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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