The Old School House is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. Educational. 2 related planning applications.
The Old School House
- WRENN ID
- gaunt-ashlar-blackthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Educational
- Address
- The Old School House, Kingweston, TA11 6BD
- OS grid reference
- ST 527 311
- Coordinates
- 51.07768, -2.67626
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old School House is a detached cottage from the 19th century, built from local lias stone that is cut and squared, and topped with a Welsh slate roof featuring overhung gables and concrete block end chimney stacks. The building has two storeys and three bays, with an extension on the north gable. It features two-light lattice casements set in three-centre arched openings, with each light having a three-centre arched head and ornamental leadwork. There is no window in the upper bay of the second section; instead, there is a decorated roundel, possibly made of Coade stone. The lower bay three contains a six flush panel door with a glazed toplight in a segmental arched head, which is set in a rustic timber porch with a pitched stone slated roof. The single-storey extension to the north has a three-light casement window beneath a large timber beam. The interior has not been seen. Originally, this building served as the Village School before it became the Reading Room and was later converted into a house.
Local climate
The Old School House receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2013
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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