The Old School House is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 April 1983. School, school house. 1 related planning application.
The Old School House
- WRENN ID
- lone-ember-thyme
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 April 1983
- Type
- School, school house
- Address
- The Old School House, Summer Lane, Pelynt, PL13 2LG
- OS grid reference
- SX 203 551
- Coordinates
- 50.36841, -4.52799
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old School House is a disused school and school house built in 1842 and extended in 1908, designed by George Wightwick. The building features snecked stone rubble that is partly rendered, with granite dressings and a two-span slate roof. The gable ends have coped edges and corbelled kneelers, with brick chimney stacks on each gable end. The original rectangular plan includes a school house on the ground floor and a large single school room on the first floor. A stair projection at the rear is part of a parallel range that creates an overall 'L' shape. There is a lean-to outshut in the angle formed by the two ranges, with an entrance located in the gable end of the rear range.
In 1908, a projecting cross wing was added to the right of the main range, which contains an additional school room. The building is designed in a Tudor style and is two storeys high with a symmetrical three-window front. The ground floor has two three-light hollow chamfered granite mullioned windows with hoodmoulds, flanking a similar two-light window in the center. Above is a granite string course. The first floor features two three-light hollow-chamfered granite mullioned windows alongside a central canted oriel supported by a moulded corbel, with a four-light mullioned window above. The gable is topped with a gabled bellcote that houses a bell.
The entrance is located in the gable end of the rear wing and features a granite chamfered arch. The circa 1908 cross wing is single storey, made of stone rubble with brick dressings, and has three tall segmentally headed windows in its gable end. Inside, there is an original staircase made of painted softwood, 19th-century chimney pieces, schoolmaster's rooms on the ground floor, and a single school room on the first floor. The building has a well-arranged and detailed front that significantly contributes to the street scene, especially when approached from the south. It is also noted for its connection to the nearby rectory, also in Tudor style, built around 1841 by George Wightwick.
Local climate
The Old School House sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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 sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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