The Old School is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 February 1988. School, house. 2 related planning applications.

The Old School

WRENN ID
scattered-hearth-sedge
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 February 1988
Type
School, house
Address
The Old School, Cook's Lane, Cranmore, BA4 4RH
OS grid reference
ST 668 433
Coordinates
51.18842, -2.47551
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old School is a building that was originally a school and is now a house. It dates from the early to mid-19th century and is possibly designed by Richard Carver. The structure is made of ashlar stone and features a slate roof with coped verges and polygonal ashlar stacks. It is designed in the Tudor style and is a single storey with three bays. The windows are two-light stone-mullioned with four-centred heads to the lights. There is a door opening located between the first and second bays, which is framed by a gabled porch. The outer door opening has a four-centred arch, leading to an inner glazed door.

Local climate

The Old 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 70% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 3 transactions since 1997
  • 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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