The Old School the Old School West is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 October 1976. Former school. 4 related planning applications.
The Old School the Old School West
- WRENN ID
- roaming-finial-heath
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Wycombe MP: Emma Reynolds (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 October 1976
- Type
- Former school
- Address
- The Old School the Old School West, School Lane, Medmenham, SL7 2HJ
- OS grid reference
- SU 807 848
- Coordinates
- 51.55697, -0.83603
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old School West is a former school building, dated 1899, and now converted into two houses. It was designed by Romaine Walker for Mr. Robert Hudson of Medmenham Abbey and Danesfield. The building is constructed of dressed chalk block with sandstone dressings, featuring plain tile roofs and stone coped gables with moulded kneelers. It has a U-shaped plan, with a taller central wing and gabled flanking wings, connected by angle lobbies.
The central wing has a row of ten almost continuous cross windows with leaded glazing, and a central chimney with an inscription tablet, arched hood over a belfry, and a brick shaft. The brick shaft incorporates 'V' pilasters and an off-set head. A similar chimney is located to the rear left of the building. The side wings feature paired cross casements in their gables, with alterations to the left windows, which include raised central lights. The angle lobbies have parapets, two-light windows facing forward, and panelled doors set within four-centred arches with carved spandrels.
Local climate
The Old School the Old School West sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1999
- 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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