Former School is a Grade II listed building in the Torridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 June 1951. School.

Former School

WRENN ID
worn-pier-rain
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Torridge
Constituency
Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 June 1951
Type
School
Address
Former School, the Square, Northam
OS grid reference
SS 449 291
Coordinates
51.04044, -4.21358
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The former school, located on the west side of The Square in Northam, is primarily a 19th-century stone building designed in a 15th-century style. It features a central gabled porch and stands three storeys tall, with windows in the gables. Notably, there are signs of genuine medieval work in one or two of the openings, including a pointed doorway at No. 5. This building is part of a group of listed buildings in The Square.

Local climate

Former School receives an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 88% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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