Prince Charles will be in Wiltshire on Monday to meet the people behind a £900,000 restoration of a Grade II Listed school.

His Royal Highness will be in Sherston, Malmesbury, on Monday morning to look around the Sherston Old School facilities, which is the result of one of the largest community projects in the UK transforming the dilapidated school in to a community hub and home to businesses and the post office.

Prince Charles is the patron of the Prince’s Countryside Fund, which donated £50,000 towards the renovation project, and helped to ensure the completion of the work, which, at that time had stalled due to insufficient funds.

Mike Johnson, a director of Sherston Old School Community Interest Company, said: “We had the school opening back in May and had hoped he could come then but were told his diary was full, so it was a very pleasant surprise when they called and said he is coming.

“It’s a real thrill; to get someone like him to come along is just great.”

Although a full timetable hasn’t been released yet, it is thought HRH will be arriving in to Sherston at about 10.10am for an hour.

Mr Johnson added: “He will meet the great and the good outside and then come in to the Old School to meet the tenants and staff.

“That will take about 40 minutes and by about 10.50am he will be unveiling a plaque outside.”

The Sherston Old School Community Interest Company (SOSCIC) was formed in 2010 with the aim of renovating and converting the old Grade Two Listed School to provide employment opportunities and services for the community.

Work began in July 2011 on phase one, which allowed the village post office to relocate from their cramped premises. This was completed in November 2011.

The second phase comprised the restoration of the rest of the building to make it suitable for use by small businesses.

Current tenants include Shear Class Salon, Electric Octopus Marketing and Balcony House Cellars.

Mr Johnson said: “The PCF kick started the second phase and made us get our act together to get the work going.

“We had applications in for grants but when the PCF came forward that was the catalyst for another serious round of fundraising and so we were able to get on with the second phase.”

The Prince’s Countryside Fund has donated £3.3 million in grants, supported over 70 projects across the UK and has helped more than 52,000 people since 2010.

Paul Mather, who runs the post office, said: “We are all very very excited.

“It will be lovely to show him around the shop and all the things we do, which hopefully will be in line with the work he does with supporting small businesses.

“All the staff can participate in the visit on Monday which is important as we are all one big team and we are all really looking forwards to it.”