St Marylebone Grammar School is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 June 1972. School. 4 related planning applications.
St Marylebone Grammar School
- WRENN ID
- secret-doorway-indigo
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westminster
- Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 June 1972
- Type
- School
- Address
- St Marylebone Grammar School, 248, Marylebone Road, City of Westminster, NW1 6JF
- OS grid reference
- TQ 274 818
- Coordinates
- 51.52127, -0.16402
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
St Marylebone Grammar School is a school building constructed around 1856, with 20th-century additions, designed by W G and E Haberson. The structure is made of red brick featuring blue brick diaper work and ashlar dressings, topped with tile and lead roofs, and is designed in the Gothic Revival style.
To the east, there is a polygonal two-storey library range, while to the west, there is a three-storey range with a half basement, turret, and an attached porch. The library range includes pointed three-light traceried windows set between buttresses, and it originally had an open arcade below, which is now closed. The building features an embattled parapet and a steeply-pitched roof topped with a lantern.
The west range has a flight of steps leading to the porch, which contains a pointed doorway with the inscription 'Philological School AD 1792' above it. This asymmetrical range has two gables and a two-storey bay with a mullioned transom window on the left side. The remaining windows are two-light pointed mullion and transom windows with trefoils in their heads. There are string courses at the floor levels, and the turret includes a belfry with ogee lights and a spirelet with lucarnes. The library features stained glass.
Inside, the headmaster's study has panelled walls and a ceiling, and there is a staircase with a wrought iron handrail.
Local climate
St Marylebone Grammar 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 — 4 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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