Girls High School is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1971. School. 9 related planning applications.

Girls High School

WRENN ID
lost-spindle-mist
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bedford
Constituency
Bedford MP: Mohammad Yasin (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 May 1971
Type
School
Address
Girls High School, Bromham Road, MK40 2BS
OS grid reference
TL 046 501
Coordinates
52.13934, -0.47182
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Girls High School was built between 1878 and 1882 by Basil Champneys in a Neo-Jacobean style. The building is constructed of red brick with stone dressings and features a symmetrical plan centered around a hall topped with a cupola. Tall Ionic pilasters enhance the façade, while the wings are Dutch gabled and include bow and bay windows beneath semi-domes. There is a front addition to the hall in the same style, added around 1900. The windows are stone mullion and transom casements.

Local climate

Girls High School sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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