The Old Grammar School is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 August 1960. A Medieval School. 3 related planning applications.

The Old Grammar School

WRENN ID
muted-jade-briar
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cotswold
Constituency
North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 August 1960
Type
School
Period
Medieval
Address
The Old Grammar School, High Street, Chipping Campden, GL55 6HB
OS grid reference
SP 151 391
Coordinates
52.05081, -1.77994
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Grammar School is a building with a 15th-century foundation. It was largely rebuilt in 1863 by C.A. Buckler in the Cotswold style of the mid-17th century. The building is two and a half storeys high, constructed of ashlar with a Cotswold stone tile roof and four chimneys; three rise from the ridge, and one serves as a gable finial. It is composed of two parts, with six bays, five of which have gables. The principal gable, positioned off-centre to the left, is larger and incorporates a coat of arms, as well as a two-storey angled bay with a one-three-one light arrangement. To the left of this is an entrance bay, topped with a small gabled bell cote. A string course serves as a label mould to the first floor. The building features three-light mullioned windows to the first floor, with matching dormers above. Ground floor windows are four-light mullion and transom windows, while the ground and attic windows have drip moulds. A four-centred entrance is positioned to the left of the right-hand section, featuring inscribed voussoirs. A small window is located to the left of the entrance, sharing a common drip mould. A two-light, small window is situated above the entrance, below the eaves. To the left of the right-hand section is a pointed arch doorway. A portion of the rear wall at the south-west end represents the original three-storey building from the early 17th century.

Internally, the school room survives in a restored state, reflecting its original form from 1628. A large chimney piece displays a 17th-century stone bust of the founder, John Fereby, set within a classical niche in a broken segmental pediment.

Local climate

The Old Grammar School receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 64% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% 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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  • Sale history — 9 transactions since 1997
  • Related listed building consents — 3 applications
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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