Former Dunstable Grammar School is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 March 1976. School.
Former Dunstable Grammar School
- WRENN ID
- muffled-loggia-autumn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard MP: Alex Mayer (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 March 1976
- Type
- School
- Address
- Former Dunstable Grammar School, Old School House, Frances Drive, LU6 1GF
- OS grid reference
- TL 015 222
- Coordinates
- 51.88948, -0.52509
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Former Dunstable Grammar School, built between 1887 and 1894 by E R Robson, is designed in a Free Tudor style. It is constructed of red brick with stone dressings, features tile-hanging, and has a red tiled roof. Above the entrance, there is an octagonal tower topped with an octagonal bell turret. To the left of the entrance, the hall is characterized by large mullion and transom windows, along with a central octagonal fleche on the roof. To the right of the entrance, there is a two-storey wing; the ground floor is made of brick and stone, while the first floor is tile-hung, and it includes a timber-framed dormer.
Local climate
Former Dunstable Grammar School sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% 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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