Old School is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 June 1987. School. 4 related planning applications.
Old School
- WRENN ID
- outer-plinth-rain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 June 1987
- Type
- School
- Address
- Old School, Orton, Westmorland and Furness, CA10 3TA
- OS grid reference
- NY 597 057
- Coordinates
- 54.44534, -2.62244
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old School is a building likely dating from the mid-19th century, with later additions and alterations. It is constructed of slobbered rubble with quoins, sitting on a boulder plinth, and features a graduated slate roof. The building is a single tall storey with a lower porch that is set back, which adjoins the right-hand return. Originally, it had three bays but has been extended by one bay to the left. The porch contains a plank door and a small casement window. There are three tall fixed windows with glazing bars, although the second bay from the right is blank due to a flue rising behind it. A small bell is located in the right-hand gable, and there is a stone chimney at the left-hand end, along with a stepped stone chimney at the eaves. The current use of the building is uncertain.
Local climate
Old School sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,390 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 62 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 37 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 — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- 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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