This timber-framed building in the old Yardley village is the Old Yardley Grammar School. It was also known as the Old Trust School.

It is on Church Road in Yardley. At 422 and 424 Church Road.

There is evidence of a school being Yardley as early as 1260. This building probably dates from the 15th century. It may have originally been a Guild Hall. W Sutherns was the last master. The school closed in 1908. It is now used as Parish rooms with a youth club upstairs, the Sarah Hassell Lounge downstairs. Is a part of the Yardley Parish Church.

It is a Grade II* listed building.

Trust School, Birmingham

   CHURCH ROAD
   1.
   5104
   Yardley B26
   Trust School and Nos 422
   and 424
   [formerly listed as Old
   Grammar School (The
   Trust school)]
   SF 1386 SW 59/5
   SF 1386 SR 60/1 25.4.52
   II* GV
   2.
   School. Late C15 and closed as a school in 1908. Timber-framed with close vertical
   studding and some C19 brick facing at the rear; tiled roof. Two storeys, the upper
   is jettied on brackets; 4 bays. Ground floor with a modern door, a tripartite casement
   window and three 4-light windows with leaded lights. First floor with casements,
   mostly with leaded lights. Most windows modern. The right hand return gabled and
   with both lst floor and gable jettied. The entrance to No 422 is in the last bay on
   the left of the school whose timber-framing provides its upper floor. Its ground
   floor is of painted brick and has a modern door with a casement window alongside on
   the right. To the west of this is the rest of the house. C19. Painted brick; tiled
   roof. Two storeys; 3 bays. Ground floor with 2 segment-headed and 1 flat-headed
   casement windows. Bend of diagonally laid bricks at lst floor level. First floor
   with 2 segment-headed casement window over those of the ground floor. Brick
   dentilled eaves cornice. No 424 is physically attached on the left to No 422. C19.
   Red brick; tiled roof. Two storeys; 2 bays. Ground floor with panelled door in simple
   frame with hood on brackets and a single segment-headed sash window. First floor
   with a single segment-headed sash window above that on the ground floor. Dentilled
   eaves cornice.

   Listing NGR: SP1350086268

This text is a legacy record and has not been updated since the building was originally listed. Details of the building may have changed in the intervening time. You should not rely on this listing as an accurate description of the building.

Source: English Heritage

It is adjacent to St Edburgha's Church which dates to the 13th century.