The School House is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 May 1985. A Victorian House. 1 related planning application.
The School House
- WRENN ID
- tall-step-poplar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Devon
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 May 1985
- Type
- House
- Period
- Victorian
- Address
- The School House, Knowle Lane, Copplestone, EX17 5BX
- OS grid reference
- SS 782 015
- Coordinates
- 50.80052, -3.72845
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The School House is a house dating to circa 1870-80. It is constructed of squared volcanic stone, laid in courses, with cream brick dressings and chimney shafts, and has a slate roof. The house has a 2-room plan with a central staircase, facing south. It is symmetrical with a gabled front, two windows wide. The central entrance has a plank door. The windows are 2-light casements with glazing bars, having 8 panes per light, with the lower two windows set under almost round segmental arches of cream brick. The slate roof has a low pitch and deep bargeboards decorated with blind trefoil tracery and a pendant at the apex. The building is listed for its group value.
Local climate
The School House receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2011
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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