The Old School House is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of Glamorgan local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 3 November 1975. Former school. 1 related planning application.

The Old School House

WRENN ID
late-plaster-meadow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Vale of Glamorgan
Constituency
Vale of Glamorgan MP: Kanishka Narayan (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
3 November 1975
Type
Former school
Address
The Old School House, Porthkerry, Barry, Rhoose
OS grid reference
ST 082 666
Coordinates
51.39116, -3.32071
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Old School House is a two-storey building with a single depth plan and an added rear wing. It features colourwashed plastered cladding, likely over local rubblestone, and a Welsh slate gabled roof, which was previously thatched, topped with red ridge tiles.

The main elevation faces north-west and consists of three bays. On the first floor, there are three iron framed windows with iron glazing bars, each four panes wide, with the center portions opening outwards. The ground floor has one similar window, along with a modern window and a modern gabled porch. A large rubble chimney stack is located on the left gable end, while another stack is positioned in front of the ridge on the right gable end. The left gable end is blind, including the later wing, while the right gable features an external stone stair leading to an upper hall door, which has been replaced by an iron framed window that is seven panes wide with two opening sections. This gable section has a lower ridge and another iron window with a central opening casement in the gable end. The rear elevation has been entirely rewindowed with factory-made timber casements.

The interior was not available for inspection during the resurvey. However, records from the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales indicate that the upper floor originally consisted of a single large unheated chamber. The ground floor contained two chambers with straight-cut stops, fillet, and stop-chamfered beams. The hall features a large fireplace and a bread oven.

Local climate

The Old School House 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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