The Old Grammar School

The Old Grammar School is a house, originally a school, dating from the 17th or earlier, with alterations in the 18th and 19th centuries. It is constructed of roughcast coal measures sandstone, with gable and sidewall stacks, some topped with brick. The roof is stone slated. The building is two storeys high and has four bays, featuring sash windows with glazing bars to the upper sashes, set within painted flush stone surrounds. Two ground floor windows retain glazing bars to both sashes. An east-facing doorway has a flush stone surround and a 20th-century glazing door. A single-storey range projects at a right angle to the rear, with a low-pitched roof.

Inside, a large ground floor room shows evidence of former openings, suggesting a cross passage once separated a single bay from the main schoolroom. The reveals to these openings contain 17th-century graffiti. A first-floor fireplace retains its 17th-century surround. The school was established in 1568, following the will of Henry Fanshawe, Remembrancer of the Court of the Exchequer to Elizabeth I. A 1590 inquisition at Derby refers to a newly built schoolhouse with 1 1/2 acres of land and an adjoining cottage, which was conveyed to the Vicar and Churchwardens.