Snaith Old Grammar School is a Grade II listed building in the East Riding of Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 April 1952. School, church room. 1 related planning application.
Snaith Old Grammar School
- WRENN ID
- scattered-clay-aspen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Goole and Pocklington MP: David Davis (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 April 1952
- Type
- School, church room
- Address
- Snaith Old Grammar School, High Street, Snaith and Cowick
- OS grid reference
- SE 640 222
- Coordinates
- 53.6925, -1.03132
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Snaith Old Grammar School is a building that has origins dating back to the 15th and 16th centuries. It has been altered in ways that are not sympathetic to its historical character, and it features a west extension. The structure is made of coursed limestone rubble and ashlar, with some brick infilling and patching, and the east gable-end is rendered. The west extension is constructed from rendered brick, and the roof is covered with concrete tiles.
The building is rectangular in shape, consisting of a single room with an entrance at the east end and an extension to the west. On the south side, there are two 19th to 20th century 16-pane sash windows set in rendered reveals. There is a blocked central opening, which may have been a former door, framed by ashlar jambs and a lintel, along with a blocked panel above it that has a rough ashlar surround. The windows on this side have cut blocked former openings with ashlar lintels, and a single jamb is visible to the right.
On the north side, there is a pair of similar sash windows, with the left window cutting into a blocked opening beneath a segmental brick arch, while the right window cuts into a blocked square-headed opening. The east gable-end features a central 20th century door beneath an ashlar lintel, flanked by a blocked opening to the left in a chamfered ashlar surround and a blocked opening to the right with brick and ashlar infill. The west gable has a worn sandstone tablet with a largely illegible inscription that reads: "This School, supposed to have been built in -28 was restored at the expense of - Yarburgh -". The building is listed mainly for its historic interest.
Local climate
Snaith Old Grammar School sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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