Fulham and South Kensington Institute (Munster Branches) Including Caretakers House and Walls to Munster Road and Filmer Road is a Grade II listed building in the Hammersmith and Fulham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 June 1984. School. 10 related planning applications.
Fulham and South Kensington Institute (Munster Branches) Including Caretakers House and Walls to Munster Road and Filmer Road
- WRENN ID
- blind-timber-summer
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Hammersmith and Fulham
- Constituency
- Chelsea and Fulham MP: Ben Coleman (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 June 1984
- Type
- School
- Address
- Fulham and South Kensington Institute (Munster Branches) Including Caretakers House and Walls to Munster Road and Filmer Road, Filmer Road Sw6
- OS grid reference
- TQ 244 768
- Coordinates
- 51.47705, -0.20907
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Fulham and South Kensington Institute, also known as the Munster branches, was built between 1890 and 1893 by T J Bailey from the London County Council Architects' Department. Originally serving as Munster Primary School, it features red brick construction with stone dressings and a tiled roof. The building is almost symmetrical, rising to three to four storeys. The central section has seven bays divided by shallow buttresses, with slightly advanced Dutch-gabled wings on either side that contain three bays each. There are four-window wide linking wings. The central block has a battlemented parapet, two dormers, and a central fleche made of timber and lead. The windows are primarily fitted with timber mullions and transoms, featuring small panes with glazing bars. The building is topped with tall chimneys, and the rear facade is also notable. This structure is the most prominently sited and intact of several early schools designed by T J Bailey in the Borough.
Local climate
Fulham and South Kensington Institute (Munster Branches) Including Caretakers House and Walls to Munster Road and Filmer Road sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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- Related listed building consents — 10 applications
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