Old Schoolhouse, Newton Of Belltrees is a Grade C listed building in the Renfrewshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 10 June 1971. School.

Old Schoolhouse, Newton Of Belltrees

WRENN ID
north-ledge-sable
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Renfrewshire
Constituency
Paisley and Renfrewshire South MP: Johanna Baxter (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
10 June 1971
Type
School
OS grid reference
NS 375 580
Coordinates
55.78869, -4.59287
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Old Schoolhouse in Newton Of Belltrees was built before 1791. It is a two-storey, three-bay former school that features a later addition of a projecting central square stair block from the 18th century. The building is harled with painted margins and includes a door in a single-storey, two-bay extension to the south. The outer bays have 15-pane sash windows, while there is a single central 10-pane stair window. The structure has end stacks and a slate roof.

Local climate

Old Schoolhouse, Newton Of Belltrees sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,350 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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