St James The Less Parish Rooms and Schools is a Grade I listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 February 1970. Parish rooms, school. 1 related planning application.
St James The Less Parish Rooms and Schools
- WRENN ID
- peeling-clay-coral
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Westminster
- Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 February 1970
- Type
- Parish rooms, school
- Address
- St James The Less Parish Rooms and Schools, Vauxhall Bridge Road Sw1, City of Westminster, SW1V 2PT
- OS grid reference
- TQ 295 785
- Coordinates
- 51.49062, -0.13486
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
St James The Less Parish Rooms and Schools is a parish rooms and school building constructed in 1861 by G.E. Street, with additions made in 1890 by his son A.E. Street. The building features red brick with some black brick and stone dressings, topped with a slate roof. It showcases a bold and simple Gothic style that aligns with the nearby church, creating an integrated composition.
The structure includes a single-storey hall with a gabled return and two-storey school rooms, along with a one-storey extension. The long side of the hall has six windows, while the return gable end features a large window. The schoolrooms are designed with three gabled bays and a gable over one bay extension. Entrances are located on the southwest elevations facing the playground. The windows are three-light simple Gothic designs, some with plate tracery, and the schoolroom windows are large with mullions and transoms. The steep gable end roofs are adorned with ridge cresting and finials.
Local climate
St James The Less Parish Rooms and Schools 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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