Coombe House (St Margaret's School) is a Grade II listed building in the Croydon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 1951. House. 2 related planning applications.

Coombe House (St Margaret's School)

WRENN ID
weathered-cupola-wren
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Croydon
Constituency
Croydon South MP: Chris Philp (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 January 1951
Type
House
Address
Coombe House (St Margaret's School), Coombe Road, CR0 5RD
OS grid reference
TQ 343 645
Coordinates
51.36374, -0.07148
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Coombe House, now St Margaret’s School, was likely built after 1761 when purchased by James Bourdieu. It is a substantial red brick house of two storeys. The front facing the road has three sash windows, with the centre window recessed between projecting wings, each having a two-storeyed brick bay. The garden front also has three windows. A Portland stone balustraded parapet tops the garden front. The house features a projecting centre with an open pedimented Doric porch, incorporating a triglyph frieze. A painted modillion cornice runs along the top of the house, above which is a plain parapet with a central pediment. The windows are sash windows, some with blind boxes. Evidence suggests that cellars from an earlier building are still present.

Local climate

Coombe House (St Margaret's School) 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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  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 2022
  • Related listed building consents — 2 applications
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  • Flood risk assessment
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  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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