The Old School House is a Grade II listed building in the North York Moors National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 November 1991. School.

The Old School House

WRENN ID
keen-latch-elm
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North York Moors National Park
Constituency
Thirsk and Malton MP: Kevin Hollinrake (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 November 1991
Type
School
Address
The Old School House, Mackeridge Lane, Farndale East, North Yorkshire
OS grid reference
SE 673 974
Coordinates
54.36813, -0.96462
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old School House is a school building constructed in 1833, with additions made in 1896. It is built of coursed dressed stone and features a slate roof with raised ashlar coped gables and two gable stacks. The building is single storey and has a southeast front. There is a central gabled porch with a small fixed light, and to the left, a doorway with a plank door. Above the door is a small carved coat-of-arms. On either side of the porch, there are single wooden framed casements in chamfered surrounds, each with a Tudor hood mould above. To the right, there is a later addition that includes a similar single window. At the rear, there is a small outbuilding with a 20th-century pantile roof and coped gables, which is now directly linked to the main building and features a single three-light casement on its northwest front. Attached to the north corner is a small toilet block, also with an original pantile roof. Inside the school room, there is high dado panelling and a stone fireplace.

Local climate

The Old School House receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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