Former Norwood Free School is a Grade II* listed building in the Ealing local planning authority area, England. A Georgian School. 2 related planning applications.
Former Norwood Free School
- WRENN ID
- scattered-thatch-jay
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Ealing
- Constituency
- Ealing Southall MP: Deirdre Costigan (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- School
- Period
- Georgian
- Address
- Former Norwood Free School, 15, Tentelow Lane, UB2 4LQ
- OS grid reference
- TQ 135 786
- Coordinates
- 51.49559, -0.3658
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Former Norwood Free School is a building constructed in 1767, as indicated by the inscription "A Free School erected by E B 1767" on stone plaques above the door at the first storey. The building has two storeys and is arranged in three bays, featuring a central entrance door. It is made of brown brick and has a tile roof. The ground storey has casement windows with semi-circular heads, while the first storey features casement windows with segmental heads. The doorway has a semi-circular head, complete with a fanlight and keystone. To the right, there is a one-bay wing with a lean-to roof. Inside, the ground floor includes a fireplace with a brick chimney breast, which has a plastered upper section painted with a scene that may depict the Three Ages of Man. This painting shows a boy holding the hand of a young man in clerical-type dress, with an old man seated between Gothic piers. This decorative painting is considered rare, possibly unique, for a schoolroom overmantel. As a result, the building has been upgraded to grade II*.
Local climate
Former Norwood Free 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 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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