Old Grammar School and Railings is a Grade II listed building in the Southwark local planning authority area, England. College building. 3 related planning applications.
Old Grammar School and Railings
- WRENN ID
- lesser-attic-harvest
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Southwark
- Constituency
- Dulwich and West Norwood MP: Helen Hayes (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- College building
- Address
- Old Grammar School and Railings, Gallery Road
- OS grid reference
- TQ 330 737
- Coordinates
- 51.44734, -0.08609
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Grammar School, built between 1841 and 1842 by Sir Charles Barry, is a college building that has been converted into accommodation. It is constructed of stucco and features a steeply pitched slate roof behind a parapet. The building has a rectangular plan with gable ends and three gables facing the street. It is a single storey high, with the east elevation consisting of three bays that are flanked by tall, Tudor-style chimneys. There is a door on the north elevation that has a pointed, moulded arch, with a coat of arms displayed in a recessed panel above it. The main windows are square-headed, featuring mullioned and transomed casements set in plain reveals. A continuous moulding runs along the parapet and around the gables, and there are decorative rainwater heads. The interior has not been inspected. Additionally, there are iron railings with decorative standards flanking the gate at the south end of the building. The Old Grammar School is part of a group with Dulwich Old College and its entrance gates and piers on College Road.
Local climate
Old Grammar School and Railings sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% 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.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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