Schoolhouse and House is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 August 1960. School and schoolhouse.
Schoolhouse and House
- WRENN ID
- weathered-niche-jay
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 August 1960
- Type
- School and schoolhouse
- Address
- Schoolhouse and House, Quarry Lane, Melbury Abbas
- OS grid reference
- ST 881 200
- Coordinates
- 50.97974, -2.17012
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The building is a school and schoolhouse, now functioning as a single dwelling, dated 1844. It features ashlar walls and gable-ended slate roofs, along with an ashlar bell-cote. The structure includes a cross wing with a stone window that has mullions and transoms. It is a single storey with an attic and exhibits irregular fenestration. The square-headed windows have chamfered stone surrounds and moulded labels. The doorway has a chamfered, four-centred head and a moulded label, with a panel above the door displaying the crest of the Glyn family and the date.
Local climate
Schoolhouse and 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 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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