The Old School House is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 March 1974. A C19 School. 4 related planning applications.
The Old School House
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Corby and East Northamptonshire MP: Lee Barron (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 March 1974
- Type
- School
- Address
- The Old School House, 23, High Street, Gretton, NN17 3DE
- OS grid reference
- SP 899 944
- Coordinates
- 52.54017, -0.67553
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old School House is a building that was originally a school and attached master's house, now converted into a single dwelling. It has a datestone from 1853 and is constructed of limestone ashlar with a slate roof. The house was originally designed with a three-unit plan and, along with the school, forms an L-shape layout. It is a single storey with an attic and features a four-window range of 20th-century casements with glazing bars, set in original openings beneath rusticated heads. There are also 20th-century half dormers. A central stone porch with a pediment and a rusticated arch-head opening leads into the house. Ashlar stacks are located at the eaves to the left of the porch and at both ends of the building. The school room is attached at a right angle to the right, featuring a plain nine-light casement under a stone lintel in the gable end. To the left, there is a plain gabled stone porch with a four-panel door. The interior has not been inspected. This building is included for its group value.
Local climate
The Old School House 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 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2005
- 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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