Old Grammar School in Churchyard of Church of St Andrew is a Grade II listed building in the Yorkshire Dales National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 1954. Grammar school, dwelling.
Old Grammar School in Churchyard of Church of St Andrew
- WRENN ID
- sacred-crypt-juniper
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Yorkshire Dales National Park
- Constituency
- Morecambe and Lunesdale MP: Lizzi Collinge (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 March 1954
- Type
- Grammar school, dwelling
- Address
- Old Grammar School in Churchyard of Church of St Andrew, Main Street, Dent, Westmorland and Furness
- OS grid reference
- SD 705 870
- Coordinates
- 54.27841, -2.45435
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Grammar School, located in the churchyard of the Church of St Andrew, is a building that has been converted into a dwelling. It likely dates from the early 18th century and underwent alterations in the 20th century. The structure is made of roughly coursed sandstone rubble and features a stone slate roof.
The building has a rectangular plan oriented on an east-west axis and consists of two storeys. The south side has four rectangular 2-light windows on each floor, all with chamfered jambs and flat-faced mullions. The gable ends are topped with copings and small kneelers, and there is a small chimney at the east gable. On the north side, there is a mullion-and-transom stair-window at the west end, along with three windows on each floor that match those on the south side. The west gable wall features a tall arched doorway, while the east gable wall has a blocked cross-window at ground floor level.
The interior has been altered. Historically, the school was founded by James I and it forms a group with the Church of St Andrew.
Local climate
Old Grammar School in Churchyard of Church of St Andrew sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,350 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 59 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 36 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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