The Royal Marines School of Music is a Grade II listed building in the Dover local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 February 1974. School. 9 related planning applications.

The Royal Marines School of Music

WRENN ID
dusted-window-gorse
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dover
Constituency
Dover and Deal MP: Mike Tapp (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 February 1974
Type
School
Address
The Royal Marines School of Music, the Strand, Walmer, CT14 7AZ
OS grid reference
TR 376 519
Coordinates
51.21753, 1.40225
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Royal Marines School of Music is an early 19th-century building of three storeys, constructed from stock brick with a hipped slate roof and a moulded cornice. It features 27 sash windows with intact glazing bars. The two end bays on each side and the central seven bays project, with the central three bays projecting the furthest. These bays are topped with a pediment containing a curved brick arch, above which sits a cupola with a weathervane, supported by eight Tuscan columns and incorporating a clock. A Tuscan porch, with entablature and four Tuscan columns and pilasters, provides access to a doorcase featuring a segmental fanlight and a six-panelled door. The building is part of a group that includes the Royal Marines School of Music, a wall, and gates.

Local climate

The Royal Marines School of Music receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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 — 25 transactions since 1999
  • Related listed building consents — 9 applications
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  • 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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