Old Grammar School is a Grade I listed building in the Derbyshire Dales local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 June 1951. A C16 School.
Old Grammar School
- WRENN ID
- knotted-string-spring
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Derbyshire Dales
- Constituency
- Derbyshire Dales MP: John Whitby (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 June 1951
- Type
- School
- Period
- C16
- Address
- Old Grammar School, Church Street, Ashbourne
- OS grid reference
- SK 176 465
- Coordinates
- 53.01577, -1.73764
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Grammar School, founded by Queen Elizabeth in 1585, is a Grade I listed building located on Church Street. It is constructed of ashlar and features two storeys with attics. The building has a large gable on each side and four smaller gables in the center, all topped with obelisk finials. The upper windows are three-light mullioned windows with arched heads, while the lower level has an eight-light trans-mullioned window, with ten-light windows on the sides. There are two entrances with four-centred arches and enriched spandrels, flanked by fluted pedestal pilasters that support slight entablatures; the right-hand entrance has been restored. A moulded hood with an armorial panel is located above the left-hand entrance, which is accessed by steps. The Old Grammar School, along with Nos 43 to 61 (odd) and the pavement in front, forms a group of significant historical importance.
Local climate
Old Grammar School receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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