Master's House at Watford Boys Grammar School is a Grade II listed building in the Watford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 January 1983. House.

Master's House at Watford Boys Grammar School

WRENN ID
solemn-quartz-plover
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Watford
Constituency
Watford MP: Matt Turmaine (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
7 January 1983
Type
House
Address
Master's House at Watford Boys Grammar School, Rickmansworth Road
OS grid reference
TQ 097 962
Coordinates
51.65469, -0.4149
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Master's House at Watford Boys Grammar School was built around 1910-1912 by the architects Russell and Cooper. This two-storey Neo-Georgian brick house is similar in style to the adjoining school building. It features purple brick with red brick dressings, a slate pyramid roof, and a central brick chimney. The façade includes a three-window range of glazing bar sash windows.

Local climate

Master's House at Watford Boys Grammar School sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% 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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