The Old School House is a Grade II listed building in the West Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 October 1987. Cottage.

The Old School House

WRENN ID
former-sill-laurel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Devon
Constituency
Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 October 1987
Type
Cottage
Address
The Old School House, Bondleigh
OS grid reference
SS 651 046
Coordinates
50.82593, -3.91542
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old School House is a cottage dating from the late 18th century. It features colour-washed stone rubble walls and a thatched roof that is half-hipped on the left side and gabled on the right. The building has two end stacks, with a rubble stack at the right-hand end that projects with a brick shaft, and a brick stack at the left end.

The cottage has a two-room plan, with a larger room on the left and likely a kitchen on the right. It is two storeys high and has a regular two-window front. The windows are two-light casements, with the right-hand window on the first floor having small panes and dating from the early 20th century. To the left of this window is a mid-20th century metal-framed window. On the ground floor, there are later 20th century leaded-light casements. To the right of centre is a 20th century part-glazed door, which is sheltered by a 20th century timber porch with a thatched roof. Brick arches are present above the ground floor windows. The interior has not been inspected.

Local climate

The Old School House sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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