Boston Grammar School is a Grade II listed building in the Boston local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 May 1949. School. 2 related planning applications.
Boston Grammar School
- WRENN ID
- tall-joist-elm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Boston
- Constituency
- Boston and Skegness MP: Richard Tice (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 May 1949
- Type
- School
- Address
- Boston Grammar School, South End, PE21 6JY
- OS grid reference
- TF 329 437
- Coordinates
- 52.97438, -0.02141
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Boston Grammar School is a building that originally served as a schoolroom, now functioning as a school, library, and gateway. It was established in 1567, with additions made in 1856 and 1866, along with other 19th-century alterations. The structure is made of red brick, featuring ashlar quoins and dressings, and has a fishscale tile roof with stone-coped gables topped with finials.
The exterior consists of a single storey with a five-bay front, flanked by three-bay 19th-century wings, the northern wing having gables. There is a stone plinth at the base. The central feature is a canted bay window with three lights and a stone embattled parapet. This bay window is flanked by pairs of three-light windows, all equipped with narrow chamfered stone mullions, leaded lights, and hood moulds, with the bay windows also having transoms.
To the south, there is a three-bay wing that includes an external stack, a central six-panel door set within a four-centre arched stone doorway, and flanked by three-light stone mullioned windows. Above the door, there is an inscribed panel that reads 'This wing erected MD CCCLVI'. The northern wing has a similar door and window arrangement, featuring a moulded parapet with a scrolled panel indicating the date of 1866. Behind this is a gable with a four-light mullioned window and a hood, along with an inscription panel above. Additionally, there is a 'Tudor' gateway adjoining the building, set within a brick wall that has moulded stone coping.
The interior has not been inspected. The building was erected as a Free Grammar School.
Local climate
Boston Grammar School sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
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- 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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