Herbert House is a Grade II* listed building in the Lambeth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 March 1981. A Victorian Educational facility.
Herbert House
- WRENN ID
- last-panel-laurel
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Lambeth
- Constituency
- Vauxhall and Camberwell Green MP: Florence Eshalomi (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 March 1981
- Type
- Educational facility
- Period
- Victorian
- Address
- Herbert House, 312, Kennington Lane Se11
- OS grid reference
- TQ 307 780
- Coordinates
- 51.48662, -0.11887
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Herbert House, built between 1860 and 1862 by J.L. Pearson, was originally St Peter's Orphanage and Training College for the daughters of clergy and professionals. This three-storey building is constructed of stock brick, featuring bands and dressings of Bath stone, with a tiled roof and tall brick chimneys. It showcases a High Victorian Gothic style with French influences. The facade is flat with irregularly spaced windows, most of which have blank arches over ornamental brick tympana. A small gable on the left of the center protrudes through a brick dentilled cornice, and there is a half-hipped gable at the east end. At the rear, a turret with a conical cap adds to the structure's character. The entrance is through a porch that is set back in a small court between the church and the building, supported by a stout balustraded column with chamfered corners.
Local climate
Herbert House sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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