Melcome Primary and Infants School is a Grade II listed building in the Hammersmith and Fulham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 February 1985. School. 10 related planning applications.
Melcome Primary and Infants School
- WRENN ID
- burning-gargoyle-starling
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Hammersmith and Fulham
- Constituency
- Chelsea and Fulham MP: Ben Coleman (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 February 1985
- Type
- School
- Address
- Melcome Primary and Infants School, Fulham Palace Road W6, W6 9ER
- OS grid reference
- TQ 236 778
- Coordinates
- 51.48618, -0.22114
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Melcome Primary and Infants School is a school built in 1901 by T J Bailey. It is constructed of red brick with buff terracotta and has a tiled roof. The building has three storeys and features a symmetrical north elevation with eight main bays, including a four-bay center divided by rusticated pilasters above the ground floor, each bay containing three windows. This center is flanked by advanced balustraded towers and additional three-window wings. The first-floor windows in each bay are pedimented and adorned with decorative terracotta work, while the other windows are square-headed and sashed with small panes and glazing bars. The building has a cornice and a blocking course, with entrances located beneath the towers. The southern facade is equally significant, featuring a six-window center block flanked by square towers with pyramidal roofs, although there is an unfortunate late 20th-century extension to the right. A dated panel faces Fulham Palace Road. The school is noted for being unusually elaborate and well-preserved, representing Bailey's later work in school design.
Local climate
Melcome Primary and Infants School 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 10 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- 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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