Former School is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 March 1968. School.
Former School
- WRENN ID
- turning-gargoyle-juniper
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 March 1968
- Type
- School
- Address
- Former School, New Street, Mells
- OS grid reference
- ST 727 492
- Coordinates
- 51.2416, -2.39116
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The former school, now disused, was built in 1887 and is constructed from Doulting ashlar with a slate roof and coped verges. It features ashlar end stacks arranged in groups of three and is part of a row designed in the Tudoresque style. The building is one storey high and has three bays, each with tall stone mullion and transom windows that have diamond leaded lights and labels above. Below the left two openings is a fielded rectangular stone panel. There are two door openings with chamfered stone surrounds; the right door is located directly beneath a window opening, while the left door is a three-panelled design and the right door is a six-panelled design. Above the left door opening is a carved medallion featuring a relief of Queen Victoria's head and scroll lettering, while the right side has an inset panel with a Talbot.
Local climate
Former School receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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