Walter Scott Charity School is a Grade II* listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 October 1952. Educational. 2 related planning applications.
Walter Scott Charity School
- WRENN ID
- odd-garret-tarn
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- Hereford and South Herefordshire MP: Jesse Norman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 October 1952
- Type
- Educational
- Address
- Walter Scott Charity School, Old Gloucester Road, Ross-On-Wye, HR9 5PB
- OS grid reference
- SO 600 240
- Coordinates
- 51.91337, -2.58215
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Walter Scott Charity School is a building founded in 1717 as a Bluecoat School for 30 boys and 30 girls. It became disused due to a lack of funds but was re-endowed by Walter Scott, a local citizen, in 1786 and restored in 1887. The school is two storeys high with a cellar and is constructed of red brick. The central section of the building projects forward and features a pediment. It has a pattern of two-three-two sash windows, although the central window has been replaced with an inscription detailing important dates. On the ground floor, there are six sash windows set in arched recesses with a band below. These windows have round heads and are framed with architraves. A moulded cornice connects the tops of the arches. The building has a stucco plinth and a wide doorway topped with an open pediment supported by Tuscan columns and pilasters, along with a wide fanlight. Slender stone gate piers with ball terminals are located at the entrance.
Local climate
Walter Scott Charity School receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2018
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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