The Old School House is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 1952. Former school house. 1 related planning application.
The Old School House
- WRENN ID
- worn-chapel-saffron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cotswold
- Constituency
- North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 January 1952
- Type
- Former school house
- Address
- The Old School House, 1 and 2, Main Street, Whittington, GL54 4HD
- OS grid reference
- SP 014 209
- Coordinates
- 51.8871, -1.98081
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old School House is a former school house located on the north side of Main Street in Whittington. It dates from the late 18th century to the early 19th century. A porch, which used to have a plaque dated 1830, is now illegible. The building features an ashlar facade, with the rest made of coursed squared and dressed limestone, topped with a stone slate roof and an artificial stone stack.
The main structure is rectangular, with two storeys and an attic, and has a four-windowed facade. The first floor has two-light stone-mullioned casements, while the ground floor features three-light stone-mullioned casements on either side of a projecting porch. The central entrance consists of a four-panelled door with a four-pane hall light above, all within a projecting stone porch that has a simple triangular pediment and a rectangular stone inscription panel.
Additional features include a two-light stone-mullioned garret light and a single-light window with a stone surround in the left gable end. There is also a plank door accessed by seven brick steps in the left wall of a single-storey extension at the rear, which leads to No 2. The main body has flat gable end coping and a stack on the left gable end. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
The Old School House receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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