Former Grammar School is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 February 1968. School. 1 related planning application.
Former Grammar School
- WRENN ID
- still-transept-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 February 1968
- Type
- School
- Address
- Former Grammar School, Vicarage Lane, Kirkby Stephen, CA17 4QX
- OS grid reference
- NY 775 088
- Coordinates
- 54.47409, -2.34771
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The former Grammar School, founded in 1566, is a two-storey building constructed of coursed, squared rubble with a chamfered plinth. It features a graduated stone-flagged roof with stone copings and kneelers. A bellcote is located at the south end, while a brick chimney is found at the north end. The west elevation has several blocked openings, along with a 16-paned sash window next to a plank door at the north end. There is a first-floor band with a single sash window with glazing bars at each end above. The south gable displays a much restored Perpendicular window with a hood-mould.
Local climate
Former Grammar School sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,190 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 62 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 39 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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- 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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