National School for Boys is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 December 1985. School, offices.
National School for Boys
- WRENN ID
- sheer-pedestal-laurel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Harrogate and Knaresborough MP: Tom Gordon (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 December 1985
- Type
- School, offices
- Address
- National School for Boys, Castle Yard, Knaresborough, HG5 8AS
- OS grid reference
- SE 349 569
- Coordinates
- 54.00734, -1.46805
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The National School for Boys is a school building, now used as offices, constructed in 1814. It features ashlar stonework and a Westmorland slate roof. The structure is single storey with two sections: the main block has ten bays and a lower three-bay range to the left, along with a 20th-century addition to the east.
The north front of the main block includes 24-pane sash windows with projecting sills and shouldered wedge lintels, topped by a hipped roof. Above the eaves, there is a central stone tablet inscribed 'NATIONAL SCHOOL ERECTED 1814' adorned with scroll decoration. The lower range originally had an entrance on the right, now fitted with a 20th-century iron gate, and features modern windows. The rear of the main block has windows similar to those at the front, while the lower range contains sash windows with glazing bars.
Inside, a floor has been inserted into the main range. This school was the first in the district established by the National Society for the Education of the Poor in the Principles of the Established Church, which was founded in 1811, and it was designed to accommodate 200 boys. An 1851 map indicates that the building originally had a large hall on the west side and about five small rooms along the east side.
Local climate
National School for Boys receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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