Berkhampstead School Old Building is a Grade I listed building in the Dacorum local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 July 1950. A C16 School.
Berkhampstead School Old Building
- WRENN ID
- steep-parapet-hawk
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Dacorum
- Constituency
- Harpenden and Berkhamsted MP: Victoria Collins (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 July 1950
- Type
- School
- Address
- Berkhampstead School Old Building, Castle Street, Berkhamsted
- OS grid reference
- SP 993 078
- Coordinates
- 51.76021, -0.56129
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Berkhamsted School Old Building, formerly known as The Grammar School, was founded by John Incent around 1523, who was the Dean of Saint Paul's. The building was constructed in 1544 using red brick with stone dressing and features a tiled roof. It has two storeys at either end and a tall central section that is one storey high, characterized by large stone mullioned windows with depressed pointed heads. The structure includes four gables, two at each end.
Inside, the hall consists of six bays with a tiebeam roof truss and King posts, along with restored carved corbels. The rooms at either end contain five original chimney pieces made of chamfered stone, each featuring four-centred arches. The building was restored in 1841. The Berkhamsted School Old Building, School Chapel, and New Hall are part of a cohesive group.
Local climate
Berkhampstead School Old Building 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 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% 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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