The Old Grammar School is a Grade II* listed building in the Isle of Wight local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 February 1972. Grammar school. 1 related planning application.
The Old Grammar School
- WRENN ID
- tattered-trefoil-thunder
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Isle of Wight
- Constituency
- Isle of Wight West MP: Richard Quigley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 February 1972
- Type
- Grammar school
- Address
- The Old Grammar School, 118, St James's Street, Newport and Carisbrooke, PO30 5HE
- OS grid reference
- SZ 497 892
- Coordinates
- 50.70047, -1.29646
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Grammar School, dated 1614, is a three-storey building constructed of rubble with a roof made of old tiles. It features a prominent central gable and wood mullioned windows, including one in the gable and two four-light windows flanking two two-light windows on the second storey. All windows have moulded drip stones. The ground floor includes two three-light windows and one two-light window. There is a recessed door with a moulded rectangular label and restored head stops. Beneath the gable window, there is a moulded stone shield. Inside, there is a carved chimney piece. Notably, Charles I stayed in this building for ten weeks while the Treaty of Newport was being negotiated.
Local climate
The Old Grammar School receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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