Schoolhouse on North Side of Former National School is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 May 1972. Schoolhouse.

Schoolhouse on North Side of Former National School

WRENN ID
sacred-plaster-umber
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 May 1972
Type
Schoolhouse
Address
Schoolhouse on North Side of Former National School, Church Street, Helston
OS grid reference
SW 658 277
Coordinates
50.10315, -5.27617
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The schoolhouse, built in 1828, is located on the north side of the former National School in Helston. It is constructed from granite ashlar and features a plinth, a mid-floor string course, and flat arches. The roof is hipped and covered with asbestos slate. The building has a shallow-depth plan and is positioned against the churchyard wall at the rear. It is two storeys high with a symmetrical three-window entrance front. The windows are 20th-century twelve-pane horned sashes, and there is a central doorway with a 20th-century four-panel door. Additionally, there are central blind windows on the right-hand side of the road front return. The interior has not been inspected.

Local climate

Schoolhouse on North Side of Former National School receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 3 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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