Brentford Health Centre Brentford Health Centre (Including Walls,Railings and Gates) is a Grade II listed building in the Hounslow local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 November 1994. Health centre. 1 related planning application.

Brentford Health Centre Brentford Health Centre (Including Walls,Railings and Gates)

WRENN ID
dusk-panel-crimson
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Hounslow
Constituency
Brentford and Isleworth MP: Ruth Cadbury (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 November 1994
Type
Health centre
Address
Brentford Health Centre Brentford Health Centre (Including Walls,Railings and Gates), Albany Road, TW8 0NE
OS grid reference
TQ 178 775
Coordinates
51.48442, -0.30389
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Brentford Health Centre is a health facility that also housed a juvenile employment bureau at the rear. It was built between 1937 and 1938 by L A Cooper and K P Goble, who were the borough engineer and architectural assistant for Brentford and Chiswick. The building is constructed of brick with concrete floors and flat roofs, some of which project while others are concealed behind high parapets. It features an irregular plan with one and two storeys surrounding a double-height waiting hall at the back of the site. The south elevation facing Brentford High Street is two storeys tall and includes a tower that contains a caretaker's flat.

The building has irregular elevations with projecting curves on the west side and extended concrete canopies over the entrances on the north, south, and east sides. All windows are metal casements with a strongly horizontal pattern in the glazing bars. The tall metal window and clerestorey in the tower are significant features of the design. There are also some round metal portal windows, particularly at the southern entrance and in the tower. The exterior walls on the west and south sides, the latter featuring iron railings that echo the horizontal motif of the windows, along with curved walls and steps, are important elements that enhance the composition leading up to the tower and waiting room. The gates also reflect the horizontal motif with a grid design and expressive curves. There are small single-storey additions within the courtyard behind the eastern elevation, but these are not of special interest.

Local climate

Brentford Health Centre Brentford Health Centre (Including Walls,Railings and Gates) 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 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% 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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