The Old School House is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1985. School. 1 related planning application.
The Old School House
- WRENN ID
- vacant-sentry-crag
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Daventry MP: Stuart Andrew (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 July 1985
- Type
- School
- Address
- The Old School House, School Lane, Eydon, NN11 3PH
- OS grid reference
- SP 541 500
- Coordinates
- 52.14646, -1.21001
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old School House is a 19th-century building that was originally a school and is now a house. It has a datestone from 1854 and was converted into a dwelling in 1981. The building is attributed to the design of Sir Henry Dryden of Canons Ashby. It is constructed from coursed squared ironstone with a tiled roof and stone stacks. The structure is one storey with an attic and consists of three bays.
To the left, there is a gabled two-storey porch featuring an entrance with a four-centred stone arch and a ribbed plank door. Above the entrance is a stone plaque carved with the motto "Virtutis Amore." In the attic, there is a three-light stone mullioned window. On the ground floor to the right, there are two three-light stone mullioned windows. The building also has gabled half dormers with three-light stone mullioned windows and coped gable ends with kneelers. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
The Old 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 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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