Charmandean School is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 August 1983. School, country house.
Charmandean School
- WRENN ID
- pale-grate-summer
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Buckingham and Bletchley MP: Callum Anderson (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 August 1983
- Type
- School, country house
- Address
- Charmandean School, Tilehouse Road, Lillingstone Dayrell with Luffield Abbey
- OS grid reference
- SP 685 395
- Coordinates
- 52.04999, -1.00175
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Charmandean School is a country house that has been converted into a school. It was built in 1882, as indicated by a plaque and rainwater heads, and designed by Ewan Christian for Abraham John Robarts. The building features crimson brick with terracotta dressings and a tiled roof, showcasing a Neo-Elizabethan style. Notable architectural elements include clusters of tall patterned chimney shafts, mullion and transom windows, and irregularly gabled facades. Some gables are adorned with terracotta panels depicting foliage and heraldry in the Arts and Crafts style, with one panel inscribed "Marjorie and Alice Robarts 1882." The structure has two storeys and an attic. The southeast front features a round oriel window and a projecting square tower with sundials, topped with an ogee lead roof. The rear of the building has a recessed central section with a semi-circular staircase projection. Inside, the style continues with wooden panelling and ribbed plaster ceilings.
Local climate
Charmandean School 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 79% 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 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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