South Thames College is a Grade II listed building in the Wandsworth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 March 1982. College. 41 related planning applications.
South Thames College
- WRENN ID
- seventh-render-claret
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wandsworth
- Constituency
- Putney MP: Fleur Anderson (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 March 1982
- Type
- College
- Address
- South Thames College, Wandsworth High Street Sw18, SW18 2PP
- OS grid reference
- TQ 258 746
- Coordinates
- 51.4566, -0.19029
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
South Thames College is a building constructed in 1926 by G Topham Forrest, with an extension added to the west in 1937 by E.P. Wheeler and H.F.T. Cooper. It features a steel frame construction faced with red brick and has a tiled roof. The main building has an E-shaped plan, with a block at the east corner set diagonally and topped by a pyramidal lantern roof. The structure is four storeys high, with a long blind wall to the north that masks the ground floor, while the upper storeys are recessed. The windows are rectangular with glazing bars. The design includes some vernacular details, such as dormer windows on the third floor, gables, and oriel windows above the main entrance and on the west block of the extension, as well as some modernistic elements, including a block-like central feature with geometric detail. The building remains externally unaltered from when it was originally constructed. It was formerly known as the Wandsworth Technical Institute.
Local climate
South Thames College 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 — 41 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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