The Old Dame School is a Grade II listed building in the New Forest National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 August 1977. School, cottage. 4 related planning applications.
The Old Dame School
- WRENN ID
- silver-chancel-solstice
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- New Forest National Park
- Constituency
- New Forest West MP: Sir Desmond Swayne (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 August 1977
- Type
- School, cottage
- Address
- The Old Dame School, Hale, SP6 2NB
- OS grid reference
- SU 192 191
- Coordinates
- 50.97104, -1.72762
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Dame School is a building that has been converted into a pair of cottages. It dates from the early 19th century and is constructed of rendered cob on a brick plinth, topped with a thatched roof. The structure is one and a half stories high and consists of two bays, with wings extending to the rear. It features swept-down hoods supported by posts, positioned above plank doors. Between these doors are 19th-century two-light casement windows that have drip moulds. Above each bay, there is a two-light casement window set in an eyebrow dormer. The roof is half-hipped and has a central ridge stack.
Local climate
The Old Dame School receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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 — 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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