The Old School is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 August 1984. House. 2 related planning applications.
The Old School
- WRENN ID
- hidden-courtyard-sage
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 August 1984
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old School, Mill Lane, Pitcombe, BA10 0PE
- OS grid reference
- ST 672 327
- Coordinates
- 51.09296, -2.46962
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old School is a village school that has been converted into a house, dating from the 19th century. It is constructed from Cary stone with Doulting stone dressings and features a plain clay tile roof with coped gables and stone chimney stacks that have moulded tops. The building is single storey with a three-bay south elevation. The first and third bays have plain chamfered mullioned windows with four lights and small pane casements, while the second bay has a false gabled chimney breast. There is a lean-to hipped porch against the east gable, which has an inscription carved along the eaves course that reads (unseen) born 1811, died 1842. There is also a further extension to the rear. The design of the building is almost a textbook example, intended to harmonise with the nearby Church of St Leonard, and it may have been designed by G E Street.
Local climate
The Old School receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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 — 1 transaction since 1999
- 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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