The Old School the School House is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 October 1951. School and house. 7 related planning applications.

The Old School the School House

WRENN ID
fading-landing-river
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Buckinghamshire
Constituency
Mid Buckinghamshire MP: Greg Smith (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 October 1951
Type
School and house
Address
The Old School the School House, Crendon Road, Shabbington, HP18 9HE
OS grid reference
SP 666 069
Coordinates
51.75741, -1.03523
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old School and The School House, located on Crendon Road, are two houses that were originally a school room and a master's house. The central part of the building dates back to the 17th century, while the west range was added in the mid-18th century and the school room was built around 1850. The 17th-century section is timber framed and rendered on the south side, while the 18th-century house is constructed of grey brick with red detailing. The school room is made of brick, and all sections have old tiled roofs.

The house is two storeys tall, and the school room is a single storey. The master's house features three bays, with a blocked central door and first-floor window. The outer bays have box sash windows, and there is a band course between the storeys along with cogged eaves and gable stacks. The south gable elevation includes box sashes, while the north elevation has blocked box sashes. The central range has a door on the south side, and the north gable is timber framed with a four-light leaded casement window. The 17th-century section has a central stack.

The school room, known as The Old School, has two bays and its south elevation features two three-light Gothic arched windows with transoms. The east end is half hipped and has a three-light Gothick window, also with a transom. There is a school cloakroom and entry at the southeast angle with a lean-to tiled roof. Inside, there is a curved principal tie beam truss. A modern northeast wing has been added but is of no historic interest.

Local climate

The Old School the School House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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
  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 2008
  • Related listed building consents — 7 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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