Butler Museum, (Harrow School) is a Grade II listed building in the Harrow local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 July 1968. Museum. 1 related planning application.

Butler Museum, (Harrow School)

WRENN ID
forgotten-mullion-azure
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Harrow
Constituency
Harrow West MP: Gareth Thomas (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 July 1968
Type
Museum
Address
Butler Museum, (Harrow School), Football Lane, HA1 3EA
OS grid reference
TQ 154 873
Coordinates
51.57354, -0.33531
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Butler Museum, part of Harrow School, was built between 1884 and 1886 by architect Basil Champneys. This three-storey building is constructed of red brick in the "Queen Anne" style, featuring Dutch gables. The south side has an external arcaded staircase and cut brick mouldings. The east front consists of six bays that are divided by buttresses, which support a balcony on the top floor adorned with terra-cotta consoles. There are two oriel bay windows at either end of the balcony, each with semi-circular central lights. The gables on the south and north sides display vertical and horizontal mouldings, while the west side features a louvred turret.

Local climate

Butler Museum, (Harrow School) 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 97% 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 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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