Old School House is a Grade II listed building in the Tewkesbury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 December 1987. Former school, house.
Old School House
- WRENN ID
- sunken-thatch-primrose
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tewkesbury
- Constituency
- North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 December 1987
- Type
- Former school, house
- Address
- Old School House, the Green, Churchdown
- OS grid reference
- SO 881 194
- Coordinates
- 51.87392, -2.17373
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old School House is a former school that has been converted into a small house. It dates back to the 17th century, with alterations made in the late 18th century and late 20th century. The building features timber-framing with rendered panels, a stone gable facing the road, and a rendered gable on the opposite side. It has a thatched roof, with stone slates used for the porch and dormer.
The structure consists of three bays and is one room deep, standing at one and a half storeys. The gable facing the road has a rough render on the stonework and a ridge chimney, while the end of the right return is made of unrendered stone. The timber-framing is three panels high, and there is a tall, two-light window that nearly reaches the floor, with standard height two-light casements on either side.
On the right side, there is a lean-to porch with a boarded door facing the road and irregularly shaped windows. The original framing on this side has been renewed with spindly timbers, featuring a four-light casement and a long brace extending from the sill to the stud, with two braces from the end. An original end post has a brace connecting to the wall plate. Above the porch, there is a two-light casement in the lean-to dormer, and the ridge chimney is located on the right gable. All the windows on the right return have leaded lights. The building is noted to have served as a school from 1740 to 1870.
Local climate
Old School House receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% 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 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% 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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