Former British School, Now Part of Corsham Primary School is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 August 1986. School.

Former British School, Now Part of Corsham Primary School

WRENN ID
rough-keep-starling
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
Chippenham MP: Sarah Gibson (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
1 August 1986
Type
School
Address
Former British School, Now Part of Corsham Primary School, Pound Pill
OS grid reference
ST 872 700
Coordinates
51.4292, -2.18421
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

The former British School, now part of Corsham Primary School, is a schoolroom built in 1839. It is constructed from squared rubble stone and features a low-pitched slate roof with coped gables. The building is one storey high and has pedimental gables with a band across them. On the east end, there is a plaque that reads 'British School 1839 Supported by voluntary contributions'. The schoolroom has thirty-six-pane windows set in flush surrounds with flush keystones, with one window on the east end and four on the north and south side walls. There is a door to the right of the south side and another door at the west end.

Local climate

Former British School, Now Part of Corsham Primary School receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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.

More on this building

Sign in or create a free account to unlock:

  • No EPC on record for this property
  • No sale records on file
  • No related consent applications matched
  • 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
Create free account

Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.

Similar buildings

The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.

See all similar buildings →

this building   1 similar   nearby listed buildings

Nearby listed buildings

  1. Former County Primary School Grade II 27 m
  2. Summerhouse in Garden of No 1a (Cotsdale) Grade II 86 m
  3. The Parish Room Grade II 105 m
  4. The Hungerford Almshouses Grade I 142 m
  5. Front Wall and Piers to the Hungerford Almshouses Grade II 149 m
  6. Corsham War Memorial Grade II 165 m
  7. Corsham Further Education Centre Grade II 166 m
  8. 6 AND 7, B3353 (See details for further address information) Grade II 169 m
  9. Gatepiers to South Avenue Gatepiers to South Avenue of Corsham Court Grade II 172 m
  10. No 3 South Place Grade II 172 m