The Old School House North of Church of St Peter is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 November 1984. School house.

The Old School House North of Church of St Peter

WRENN ID
strange-cobble-jet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westmorland and Furness
Constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 November 1984
Type
School house
Address
The Old School House North of Church of St Peter, Heversham
OS grid reference
SD 496 834
Coordinates
54.24435, -2.77465
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old School House, now a house, was built in 1841, as indicated by the initials and date "M.H. 1841" on the gable. The building features rendered walls with limestone dressings and a graduated greenslate roof with a stone ridge. It has one end chimney to the left and a central chimney with a round shaft, all designed in the Gothick style. The structure has an irregular plan and consists of two storeys, with a single-storey portion to the left.

The front has two adjacent gables, with the right-hand gabled portion featuring an overhanging upper floor that rests on a massive, roughly dressed limestone lintel supported by two weathered limestone piers. The ground floor has a three-light window, while the upper floor has a four-light window with a hood mould above; both windows have chamfered stone mullions and surrounds with leaded glazing, and the upper window has central lights set one above the other. The left-hand gabled portion is narrower and includes a board door in a stone surround with a four-centred arched head, along with a small casement window above. The single-storey portion to the left has a two-light window with stone mullions. For further details, see notes for The Old School and John F. Curwen's "History of Heversham with Milnthorpe," published by Titus Wilson, Kendal, in 1930.

Local climate

The Old School House North of Church of St Peter sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,440 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% 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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