The Old School House is a Grade II listed building in the Canterbury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 March 1980. School. 4 related planning applications.
The Old School House
- WRENN ID
- late-railing-myrtle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Canterbury
- Constituency
- Canterbury MP: Rosie Duffield (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 March 1980
- Type
- School
- Address
- The Old School House, Crows Camp Road, Bishopsbourne, CT4 5JB
- OS grid reference
- TR 186 524
- Coordinates
- 51.22913, 1.13104
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old School House is a Victorian Jacobean style school building dated 1871, located on Crow Camp Road in Bishopsbourne. It is constructed of red brick with ashlar dressings and features a red tile roof. The main elevation has two gables; the right gable includes a two-light window above a four-light window, both with mullion and transom. The left gable has a longer three-light window, all featuring leaded glazing panes. There is a round-headed doorway with a keystone and a cornice below a strapwork ornament on a plaque, which is partially covered by ivy. A bell-cote with a monogram is also present. The rear of the building has modern additions.
Local climate
The Old School House receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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 — 1 transaction since 2024
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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