Free Grammar School King Henry VIII School

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.