The Old Schoolhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of Glamorgan local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 23 May 1984. Schoolhouse.

The Old Schoolhouse

WRENN ID
eternal-plinth-swift
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Vale of Glamorgan
Constituency
Vale of Glamorgan MP: Kanishka Narayan (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
23 May 1984
Type
Schoolhouse
Address
The Old Schoolhouse, 1 Coldbrook Road East, Cadoxton, Barry
OS grid reference
ST 130 693
Coordinates
51.41633, -3.25166
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Old Schoolhouse is a small building featuring a rendered exterior with long and short painted quoins, window surrounds, and sills. It has a slate roof and a stone chimney. The structure is divided into three parts, with the central section being taller than the right and left sections. The taller central section includes a three-light window, while the lower section on the left has a single window. The lower section on the right has three windows, with a door located between the second and third windows.

Local climate

The Old Schoolhouse sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,090 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% 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 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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