The Old Grammar School is a Grade II listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 December 1961. School.
The Old Grammar School
- WRENN ID
- fossil-tower-swift
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Suffolk
- Constituency
- West Suffolk MP: Nick Timothy (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 December 1961
- Type
- School
- Address
- The Old Grammar School, the Green, Cavendish
- OS grid reference
- TL 805 464
- Coordinates
- 52.08684, 0.63391
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Grammar School is a late 17th to early 18th century timber-framed and plastered house located on the southeast side of The Green. It was originally established as a school by Dr. Thomas Grey, who mentioned in his will that he had erected a school house. The school operated until 1907, and the farm that supported it was sold in 1938. Currently, only half of the original school building remains, now functioning as a private house.
The structure is two stories tall with attics and features a three-window range of double-hung sash windows with glazing bars, set in flush cased frames. The ground floor includes three-light windows. A six-panel door with raised and fielded panels is framed by a wood doorcase that has pilasters and a pediment. The roof is tiled and includes three gabled dormers.
All the listed buildings in The Green are part of a group value context.
Local climate
The Old 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 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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