Free Grammar School King Henry VIII School is a Grade II listed building in the Coventry local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 June 1974. School. 3 related planning applications.
Free Grammar School King Henry VIII School
- WRENN ID
- hollow-mortar-rook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Coventry
- Constituency
- Coventry South MP: Zarah Sultana (YP)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 June 1974
- Type
- School
- Address
- Free Grammar School King Henry VIII School, Warwick Road, CV3 6AQ
- OS grid reference
- SP 329 781
- Coordinates
- 52.39996, -1.51736
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Free Grammar School, also known as King Henry VIII School, was built in 1885 by Edward Burgess and was enlarged in 1889 and 1936. It underwent restoration after bomb damage in 1950. Designed in the Tudor style, the building features red brick with stone dressings and a tiled roof. It has a central embattled tower and an octagonal turret, with long ranges of two storeys and attics on either side. The ground floor has stone mullioned and transomed lattice casements with squared heads, while the first-floor windows have elliptically arched heads without transoms. On the left side, there are three gables, with the third gable projecting and featuring a two-storey canted bay. On the right side, there is one gable with a canted bay adjacent to the turret. The octagonal turret is positioned between the wing and a later projecting addition, which is in a similar style and includes buttresses and a tall parapet that screens the roof.
Local climate
Free Grammar School King Henry VIII School receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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 — 3 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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