Grenfell School (Southern Building) is a Grade II listed building in the Tower Hamlets local planning authority area, England. School. 3 related planning applications.

Grenfell School (Southern Building)

WRENN ID
proud-hall-sable
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Tower Hamlets
Constituency
Bethnal Green and Stepney MP: Rushanara Ali (Lab)
Country
England
Type
School
Address
Grenfell School (Southern Building), Myrdle Street E1
OS grid reference
TQ 345 813
Coordinates
51.51528, -0.06275
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Grenfell School (Southern Building) is a late 19th century to early 20th century structure located on Myrdle Street in London. It is constructed of red brick and stock brick, featuring stone bands and stucco panels. The building has a parapet and displays a stone panel that reads "Higher Grade School." It stands three storeys tall with a basement and has five windows set in arched recesses above the ground floor. The corners of the building are accentuated by round towers topped with copper domes.

Local climate

Grenfell School (Southern Building) 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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