Clitheroe Royal Grammar School for Boys Old Building is a Grade II listed building in the Ribble Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 May 1950. School. 3 related planning applications.
Clitheroe Royal Grammar School for Boys Old Building
- WRENN ID
- hushed-marble-martin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ribble Valley
- Constituency
- Pendle and Clitheroe MP: Jonathan Hinder (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 May 1950
- Type
- School
- Address
- Clitheroe Royal Grammar School for Boys Old Building, York Street, BB7 2DJ
- OS grid reference
- SD 745 420
- Coordinates
- 53.87408, -2.38859
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Building of Clitheroe Royal Grammar School for Boys, dating from the 18th century, is a two-storey structure built of stone. It features a moulded stone eaves cornice with modillions and a slate roof with stone-coped gable ends. The building has stone rusticated quoins and a stone plinth. The central doorway is topped with a pediment supported by consoles above grooved brackets and includes a rectangular fanlight. There are four windows on the ground floor and five above, all with plain stone surrounds and later glazing bars. This building is part of a group that includes Nos 11 to 23 (odd) and Stanworth House.
Local climate
Clitheroe Royal Grammar School for Boys Old Building sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,310 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% 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 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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