Old Grammar School

The Old Grammar School, likely built as the priest's house for St Nicholas's Church, dates from the early 15th century and has been altered over time. It features a stone plinth, with the ground floor constructed of brick and stone quoins, while the first floor is half-timbered. The building is two storeys high and consists of three bays, with the central bay being advanced, gabled, and containing the porch. The ground floor appears to have been underbuilt when the porch was added, likely in the late 16th century. All windows are mullioned, made of stone on the ground floor and wood on the first. On the right side, there is a window with rusticated tracery, and to the left, a modern staircase dating from around 1910. Inside, the building has some simple 17th-century panelling and a roof supported by three trusses that form two centred arches.

Historically, the building was the target of an unusual attack by suffragettes. In April 1913, members of the Women’s Social and Political Union attempted to break in but did not set fire to the property. They left a message on a blackboard stating, “Two Suffragists have entered here, but charmed with this old-world room, have refrained from their design of destruction.” This entry was updated in 2018 to commemorate the centenary of the 1918 Representation of the People Act.