Lady Bankes School is a Grade II listed building in the Hillingdon local planning authority area, England. School.
Lady Bankes School
- WRENN ID
- north-steel-summer
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Hillingdon
- Constituency
- Uxbridge and South Ruislip MP: Danny Beales (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- School
- Address
- Lady Bankes School, Dawlish Drive
- OS grid reference
- TQ 104 869
- Coordinates
- 51.57033, -0.40767
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Lady Bankes School is a school building constructed between 1935 and 1936 by architects W T Curtis and H W Burchett. It features a steel frame clad in pale orange brick, accented with beige brick bands and concrete details, and has flat roofs that are not visible. The building has a rectangular plan with a central courtyard and is designed in a modernist style influenced by the work of W M Dudok.
The structure is two stories high and consists of a 12-window range, characterized by continuous concrete lintels and cill bands above iron casement windows set in beige brick surrounds. To the left, there is a two-story stair tower with a concrete lintel and cill band above a tall stair light. To the right, a taller stair tower features a prominent swept lintel over one-light windows and a central door with stepped jambs. This tower also has a tall stair light accentuated by projecting concrete lintels, a plain concrete frieze, a projecting parapet, and an octagonal lantern on the roof.
The building is flanked by similar two-story, five-window ranges and one-story blocks, while the rear elevation is plainer and features slightly projecting blocks that house stairs. The interior is simple, with brick walling.
Local climate
Lady Bankes 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 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% 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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