The Old School is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 June 1985. Schoolhouse.
The Old School
- WRENN ID
- haunted-nave-yew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 June 1985
- Type
- Schoolhouse
- Address
- The Old School, Main Street, Turnworth
- OS grid reference
- ST 821 075
- Coordinates
- 50.86682, -2.25573
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old School is a mid-19th century building that originally served as a school and schoolhouse, but is now a dwelling. It features a combination of banded brick and flint with brick dressings, topped by a shallow pitched slate roof that has a central brick stack. The building is two storeys high and has a three-window range. The schoolroom has a single large tripartite sash window with a clock above it, while the house section to the right has two bays with casement windows that include glazing bars. There is a plank door located in the outshut to the right. A coat of arms is displayed on the wall. The Old School is part of a group of largely unspoilt estate cottages.
Local climate
The Old School receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% 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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