Former Schoolmaster's House is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 August 1984. Dwelling.
Former Schoolmaster's House
- WRENN ID
- stark-flagstone-aspen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 August 1984
- Type
- Dwelling
- Address
- Former Schoolmaster's House, West Road, Wigton
- OS grid reference
- NY 241 479
- Coordinates
- 54.82022, -3.18125
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Former Schoolmaster's House is a dwelling that dates from the early 19th century and has undergone some 20th-century alterations. It is constructed from coursed rubble sandstone with ashlar dressings, including chamfered quoins, though these features are now overpainted. The building has a hipped slated roof with rendered end wall stacks positioned centrally.
On the north elevation, the house is two storeys high and features three symmetrical bays. The central doorway is set within an ashlar doorcase and is topped by a shallow hood cornice. The flanking windows are glazing bar sashes, consisting of six panes over six, and are set within advanced ashlar frames. Above, there are three additional sash windows on the first floor. The east side wall has three sash windows, with one on the ground floor lacking glazing bars. At the rear, there is an attached setback bay connected to the former school, which is not of special interest.
This building was formerly part of the adjacent Brookfield School, which was established in 1826 and was damaged by fire in 1989.
Local climate
Former Schoolmaster's House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,230 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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