Priory House at Worcester Royal Grammar School is a Grade II listed building in the Worcester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 May 1954. House.

Priory House at Worcester Royal Grammar School

WRENN ID
twelfth-wicket-pine
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Worcester
Constituency
Worcester MP: Tom Collins (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 May 1954
Type
House
Address
Priory House at Worcester Royal Grammar School, Upper Tything
OS grid reference
SO 847 557
Coordinates
52.20008, -2.22458
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Priory House at Worcester Royal Grammar School is a house that dates back to around 1730 and has undergone later additions and alterations. It incorporates parts of the 13th-century chapel of the Cistercian Nunnery of Whiteladies, which was previously located on the site. The building is constructed of red brick with stone detailing and features a plain clay tile roof. It has a timber doorcase, canopy, and brackets.

The house has two storeys, a cellar, and attics, with five first-floor windows. The brick detailing includes a plinth and a plain eaves band topped with dentils. The stone detailing features fluted keystones with moulded caps above the window heads and sills. The windows are all 6/6 sashes with near-flush frames set under gauged brick flat arches. The entrance has a six-panel door with a three-light overlight, framed by a simple doorcase and a flat canopy supported by shaped brackets. There are three dormers with cambered roofs, each containing 3/3 sash windows.

Inside, the building retains a staircase with a wreathed handrail that has unusual 'S'-curved ramps, along with slender turned balusters that have knops. Some of the upper floors feature two-panel doors.

Local climate

Priory House at Worcester Royal Grammar School receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 67% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% 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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