Old School House is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 January 1986. School. 1 related planning application.
Old School House
- WRENN ID
- slow-plaster-thrush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Chichester MP: Jess Brown-Fuller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 January 1986
- Type
- School
- Address
- Old School House, School Lane, Compton, Chichester, PO18 9EZ
- OS grid reference
- SU 777 147
- Coordinates
- 50.92705, -0.89538
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a small village schoolhouse dating from the mid-19th century. It is a single-story building with three windows. The front elevation is faced with Roman cement, featuring three gables, with the central gable slightly projecting and incorporating a porch. The porch has a castellated design and a small gable over the west-facing doorway. The roof is tiled. Casement windows are present throughout. The west front of the building is faced with flints and features red brick dressings and quoins. A modern addition has been made to the south-east of the original structure.
Local climate
Old School House receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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