Down Ampney Church of England Controlled School is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 June 1986. School. 2 related planning applications.
Down Ampney Church of England Controlled School
- WRENN ID
- worn-dormer-gold
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cotswold
- Constituency
- South Cotswolds MP: Dr Roz Savage (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 June 1986
- Type
- School
- Address
- Down Ampney Church of England Controlled School, Down Ampney Village, GL7 5QR
- OS grid reference
- SU 100 972
- Coordinates
- 51.67371, -1.85637
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Down Ampney Church of England Controlled School is a primary school built in 1853 for the Earl of Ducie and enlarged in the 1880s. The building features coursed and squared stone on an offset plinth with alternating flush quoins and a stone slate roof with coped verges. It consists of a single main range that includes a tall single storey and a projecting stepped bell tower, along with a lower additional wing set back to the right, which has a large projecting gabled porch.
The main building has five-light stone mullions flanking the bell tower, which is topped with a wooden cover for the bell and features a clock on the south face, inscribed with the verse: "Make haste / when I chime / No waste / like that of time." There is a stepped three-light window on the left-hand return. The porch contains an arched stone doorway with a wide plank door and an inscription above from Psalm 34, verse 11. The room behind the porch, added as an infant room in the 1880s, has a stone stack at the right end. There is also a small rear outshut to the main block.
Local climate
Down Ampney Church of England Controlled School 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 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
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