The Old Schoolroom is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 March 1994. A Victorian Arts and crafts centre.
The Old Schoolroom
- WRENN ID
- steep-ledge-khaki
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Devon
- Constituency
- North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 March 1994
- Type
- Arts and crafts centre
- Address
- The Old Schoolroom, Ilfracombe
- OS grid reference
- SS 485 463
- Coordinates
- 51.196, -4.16883
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Schoolroom is a former school that has been converted into an arts and crafts centre. It was built in 1860, as indicated by the foundation stone that reads "St Waldreda School Room," and is likely the work of architect John Hayward. The building is constructed from rubble slate and features a Welsh slate roof. It is a single-storey structure with one unit and has a porch at one end that faces the entrance to the church.
On the roadside elevation, there are three-light windows, with each light having a shouldered arch. These windows flank a large central external lateral stack that has weathered offsets and a foundation plaque. The ridge of the roof extends over the lower porch, which is designed as a lucam to house a bell. Originally, the porch was open but has since been glazed. The interior is simple, featuring a keeled barrel vault.
Local climate
The Old Schoolroom sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,150 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 3 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows 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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