The Free Grammar School is a Grade II listed building in the Wyre Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 August 1985. School.
The Free Grammar School
- WRENN ID
- ruined-rubble-ivy
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wyre Forest
- Constituency
- Wyre Forest MP: Mark Garnier (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 August 1985
- Type
- School
- Address
- The Free Grammar School, High Street, Bewdley
- OS grid reference
- SO 787 751
- Coordinates
- 52.37365, -2.31366
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Free Grammar School is a building that now serves as a community hall. It was constructed in 1861 by Henry Day of Worcester. The structure is made of brick with stone dressings and features a machine tile roof. It is a single storey building with a centrally located chimney stack that has stone coped offsets. A tablet shaped like a shield on the stack records the history of the school. To the right of the stack, there are two windows: a three-light window on the left and a two-light window on the right, both with trefoil heads. To the left of the stack, there is a three-light stepped window under a gable, also with trefoil heads. In the left-hand corner, there are two entrances under a gable topped by a stone bellcote, which does not contain a bell. The entrances have segmental pointed heads, and the ledged and boarded doors are adorned with ornamental strap hinges and lock plates. The former school is prominently situated on the High Street and is recognized as a complete example of its type and for its group value.
Local climate
The Free Grammar School receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% 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 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% 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.
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