The Old School House is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 January 1956. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
The Old School House
- WRENN ID
- bitter-porch-vetch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 January 1956
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Old School House, Piddletrenthide, DT2 7RJ
- OS grid reference
- ST 714 021
- Coordinates
- 50.81798, -2.40652
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old School House is a cottage dating from the late 18th century or early 19th century. It features rendered and whitewashed walls, with a rubble bay on the right side. The roof is thatched, gabled on the left and hipped on the right. There are brick stacks likely located at the ends of the original cottage. The building has two storeys and a six-window range, with two-light casements that include glazing bars. The doors are plain wooden.
Local climate
The Old School House receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2001
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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