National School is a Grade II listed building in the West Devon local planning authority area, England. Village hall.
National School
- WRENN ID
- stranded-rood-laurel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Devon
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Village hall
- Address
- National School, Bratton Clovelly
- OS grid reference
- SX 463 918
- Coordinates
- 50.70578, -4.17699
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The National School in Bratton Clovelly is a village hall that was originally built as a school in 1837. The building features walls made of slate and sandstone rubble, with sandstone quoins, and has a gable-ended slate roof. It is designed with a rectangular, single-room plan and has a two-window front, showcasing original three-light casements that have a two-centred head to each light, supported by wooden lintels.
At the center of the front is an original gabled porch that includes a four-centred arched sandstone doorway, complete with a hoodmould and recessed spandrels. The porch is fitted with contemporary double plank doors that have studded vertical ribs. Above the doorway, there is a stone plaque that reads "1837 National School," carved in high relief. The rear elevation mirrors the front with two identical windows. A carved stone cornice runs beneath the eaves. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
National School sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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