The Old Grammar School is a Grade II listed building in the Nuneaton and Bedworth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 February 1988. School.
The Old Grammar School
- WRENN ID
- unlit-step-birch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Nuneaton and Bedworth
- Constituency
- Nuneaton MP: Jodie Gosling (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 February 1988
- Type
- School
- Address
- The Old Grammar School, Vicarage Street, CV11 4AZ
- OS grid reference
- SP 365 916
- Coordinates
- 52.52179, -1.46295
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Grammar School is a former school building, now serving as a parish room, dated 1696. It is a single-storey structure that was rebuilt after 1941. The exterior features Flemish bond brick with a chamfered sandstone plinth, a moulded cornice, a parapet, and plain pinnacles. There is a square tower facing the churchyard. The building has two storeys and a one-window range. Mid-20th century four-light painted wood mullioned windows are present, and all windows throughout the building have brick flat arches with keystones.
On the left return side, there is a 20th-century eight-panelled door with a 2-light casement window above it. An octagonal open cupola made of painted wood features ogee arches, and the roof is bell-cast with lead covering. An elaborate wrought iron weather vane, which includes a gilded ball, scrollwork, gilded lettering, a flag vane, and a finial, adorns the structure.
A screen wall set back on the left steps down in two stages, with the upper section featuring a quadrant curve. A round-arched doorway with a keystone and imposts leads to a 20th-century eight-panelled door. Above this doorway is a stone inscription panel with a moulded surround, which records the founding of the school in 1596, its rebuilding, and the names of the Receivers and Governors.
At the back, there is a single-storey range that has a dentil cornice and a plain-tile hipped roof, with a four-window range facing Vicarage Street. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
The Old Grammar School receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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.
More on this building
Sign in or create a free account to unlock:
- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- No related consent applications matched
- 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
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.
Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
this building 1 similar nearby listed buildings