Old Dryden House, Oundle School is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 June 1955. School.
Old Dryden House, Oundle School
- WRENN ID
- scarred-plinth-mallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Corby and East Northamptonshire MP: Lee Barron (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 June 1955
- Type
- School
- Address
- Old Dryden House, Oundle School, 8, North Street
- OS grid reference
- TL 042 881
- Coordinates
- 52.48147, -0.46641
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Old Dryden House, part of Oundle School, is an 18th-century building located on North Street. It stands three storeys high, constructed from coursed rubble with a Welsh slate roof. The building features a prominent plinth and has five windows on the first and second floors, which are adorned with moulded architraves. The top floor has casement windows with glazing bars.
On the ground floor, the original central entrance has been walled up, and a window has been inserted in its place; however, the stone doorcase remains intact, complete with pilasters and a plain entablature. To the left of the entrance is a carriage entrance, also flanked by pilasters and an entablature, with an additional window located beyond it.
This building is part of a group of listed buildings on the east side of North Street.
Local climate
Old Dryden House, Oundle School sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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