The School House is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 July 1984. School house. 1 related planning application.
The School House
- WRENN ID
- eastward-plinth-birch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 July 1984
- Type
- School house
- Address
- The School House, Powerstock
- OS grid reference
- SY 515 962
- Coordinates
- 50.76349, -2.68779
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The School House is a former school building constructed in 1873. It features dressed stone walls and a chamfered stone plinth, topped with a slate roof that has stone gable-copings. The building is designed in an L-shape and has one and a half storeys. The east elevation has four bays with coupled trefoil-lights that have straight-chamfered stone mullions and pivoting metal casements. The half-dormers also have stone gable-copings, each adorned with a quatrefoil in the gable. There are two doorways on the west wall, positioned at the left and right center, both with pointed heads and straight-chamfered edges. The doors are plank-style, studded, and date from the 19th century.
Local climate
The School House receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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