The Old School is a Grade II listed building in the Monmouthshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 10 October 2000. School.
The Old School
- WRENN ID
- far-entrance-cream
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Monmouthshire
- Constituency
- Monmouthshire MP: Catherine Fookes (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 10 October 2000
- Type
- School
- Address
- The Old School, Mathern, Chepstow
- OS grid reference
- ST 520 915
- Coordinates
- 51.62029, -2.69468
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Old School is a small village school constructed from thin coursed squared grey sandstone rubble, featuring limestone and Bath stone dressings, and topped with a Welsh slate roof. This T-shaped building has its foot formed by a rear wing, while the right-hand (north) arm may be an addition. It is a single-storey structure with a gable facing the street.
On the left side, there is a 2-light window with Caernarvon heads, alongside a tall chimney stack typical of Prichard/Seddon designs. In the gable, there is a 3-lancet-light window with stepped lights, followed by another single-light window of the same style, a doorway with a blocked architrave and a plank door, and another 2-light window. The left gable is plain, featuring paired lancets, while the right gable is hipped, indicating a possible addition, and includes a 2-light window similar to those on the left. The rear elevation was not visible during the time of resurvey. The interior was also not seen at that time.
Local climate
The Old School receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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