The Old School is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. School. 2 related planning applications.

The Old School

WRENN ID
lapsed-hearth-summer
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Northamptonshire
Constituency
Daventry MP: Stuart Andrew (Con)
Country
England
Type
School
Address
The Old School, School Street, Daventry, NN11 9ET
OS grid reference
SP 564 626
Coordinates
52.25919, -1.17371
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old School is a mid-19th century building located on School Street in Drayton. It is constructed of red brick with stone dressings and features a slate roof adorned with shaped slates and decorative ridge tiles. The building has an L-shaped plan and exhibits a minimum Tudor style. The left side is two storeys high and has three bays, with the central bay containing the original door. The outer bays have small gables and each features 2-light casement windows with diamond glazing bars. The right side of the building, which was the former classroom, is a single storey and includes a 3-light window with tracery reminiscent of around 1300. Additionally, there is a bellcote and a tall chimney located to the right, positioned above and behind a gabled porch.

Local climate

The Old School receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% 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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