National School is a Grade II listed building in the West Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 February 1988. School. 4 related planning applications.

National School

WRENN ID
kindled-railing-heron
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Devon
Constituency
Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 February 1988
Type
School
Address
National School, Market Street, Hatherleigh, EX20 3JN
OS grid reference
SS 541 045
Coordinates
50.82178, -4.07243
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The National School, located on Market Street in Hatherleigh, is a former educational building dated 1838. It features roughly coursed sandstone rubble walls and a gable-ended concrete tile roof, with a stone stack at the left gable end. The building has a rectangular plan that originally included two schoolrooms, each with separate access. There are stairs located behind the right-hand end in a projection.

The structure is two storeys high and has a symmetrical three-window front, showcasing three-light stone mullions with segmental arched heads. Above the central ground floor window, there is a stone plaque inscribed with "1838 National School." At either end of the building, there are small single-storey battlemented porches, each containing a four-centred moulded stone arched doorway with a plank door. Additionally, a small stone belfry is situated at the apex of the roof on the right-hand gable end, and there is a rectangular stair projection behind the right-hand end.

Local climate

National School sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,020 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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