The Old School is a Grade II listed building in the Ashford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 October 1980. School. 1 related planning application.
The Old School
- WRENN ID
- salt-spindle-hazel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ashford
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 October 1980
- Type
- School
- Address
- The Old School, the Street, Great Chart, Great Chart with Singleton, TN23 3AX
- OS grid reference
- TQ 980 419
- Coordinates
- 51.14211, 0.82982
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old School, dated 1845, is a building of group value. It was likely built by the Reverend William Toke of Godinton, and resembles the nearby Almshouses in style. It has a T-shaped front with a long wing extending to the south-east. The building is constructed of ashlar and has a tiled roof with shaped Dutch gable ends to the north-east and north-west wings, and a pointed gable end to the south-west wing. The north-west gable end contains an attic window, a cartouche displaying the date 1845, and a bell at its apex. There are five windows in total, and a small porch is situated at the north-east angle, featuring a shaped gable.
Local climate
The Old School 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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