Grammar School (Front Range Only) is a Grade II listed building in the Fylde local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 June 1986. Grammar school. 2 related planning applications.

Grammar School (Front Range Only)

WRENN ID
tilted-minaret-hyssop
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Fylde
Constituency
Fylde MP: Mr Andrew Snowden (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 June 1986
Type
Grammar school
Address
Grammar School (Front Range Only), Ribby Road, Kirkham, PR4 2BH
OS grid reference
SD 415 320
Coordinates
53.78137, -2.88856
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Grammar School and headmaster's house, built between 1909 and 1911 by F.H. Greenaway of London, features rendered brickwork above a brick plinth, sandstone dressings, and green slate roofs. This long, roughly symmetrical building is designed in a Free Style with 17th century influences, showcasing a picturesque arrangement of gables, bays, and tall chimney stacks. It has two storeys, with the headmaster's house on the left, which includes a central gable and a two-storey canted bay window to the left of the entrance. The central block is recessed, flanked by gables at either end, and has a central porch that slightly projects forward, topped with a square clock cupola resembling a louvre. To the right, the hall roof rises to full height and extends forward at right angles, featuring a wide gable over a tall canted bay window with a battlemented top. Adjacent to this is a single-storey office block with a central gable. All windows are fitted with mullions and transoms, and while the detailing is simple, the openings are chamfered, and the hall gable is coped. Inside, the hall consists of six bays and has a ceiling above the collar of the archbraced roof, with simple panelling, a canted bay to the south, and a five-light window to the north. The school was originally founded in the town in 1549 and relocated to its current site in 1911, with the choice of a London architect reflecting the school's ties to the Drapers' Company.

Local climate

Grammar School (Front Range Only) sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,360 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 97% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% 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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