Former Schoolroom, in the Churchyard, South of Church of St Mary Magdalene is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 February 1988. Meeting hall. 1 related planning application.
Former Schoolroom, in the Churchyard, South of Church of St Mary Magdalene
- WRENN ID
- keen-trefoil-fern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 February 1988
- Type
- Meeting hall
- Address
- Former Schoolroom, in the Churchyard, South of Church of St Mary Magdalene, Ditcheat, BA4 6QX
- OS grid reference
- ST 625 362
- Coordinates
- 51.12462, -2.53634
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a former schoolroom, now used as a meeting hall, located in the churchyard to the south of the Church of St Mary Magdalene in Ditcheat village. It was built in 1851, as indicated by a freestone panel. The building is constructed of coursed lias stone with freestone dressings, and has a slate roof with coped verges, and a small brick stack resting on a projecting stone base. It is designed in the Tudor style. The single-story building has three bays, featuring two three-light stone mullioned windows, each light with a four-centred arch head and leaded lights. A central door opening is within a shallow projecting porch, with a depressed-arch head and ribbed door. A transomed three-light mullioned window is on the left return side.
Local climate
Former Schoolroom, in the Churchyard, South of Church of St Mary Magdalene 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 6 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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