The Old School House is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 February 1986. Former school. 4 related planning applications.
The Old School House
- WRENN ID
- muffled-flint-rook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 February 1986
- Type
- Former school
- Address
- The Old School House, Silver Street, Muchelney, South Somerset, TA10 0DN
- OS grid reference
- ST 428 244
- Coordinates
- 51.01629, -2.81545
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old School House is a former village school, dating from 1871-2, with extensions added in 1878 and 1883. It is constructed of local lias stone with Ham stone dressings, and has a plain clay tile roof with coped gables, finials, saw-tooth ridge tiles, and stone chimney stacks. The building is arranged in an 'L' shape with a single storey and attic, and features a four-bay east elevation. Bays 1 and 4 have four-light mullioned windows with square labels. Bay 2 contains a four-light mullioned and transomed traceried window, designed to resemble a 15th-century "solar" window, also with a label. A moulded, pointed arched doorway with a label and boarded door is located in bay 3. The south gable features a bell-turret in the southwest corner, which has a four-light mullioned and transomed traceried window under a square label and relieving arch. A western extension has a catslide roof and later style details. The school opened in early 1872, built by the Lord of the Manor as the Parochial School. It closed in 1960 and was subsequently converted. The interior was not inspected for the listing.
Local climate
The Old School House receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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