Cloister Garth (Music School) is a Grade II listed building in the Runnymede local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 June 1972. Music school. 9 related planning applications.

Cloister Garth (Music School)

WRENN ID
buried-baluster-finch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Runnymede
Constituency
Runnymede and Weybridge MP: Dr Ben Spencer (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 June 1972
Type
Music school
Address
Cloister Garth (Music School), Abbey Green, KT16 8RF
OS grid reference
TQ 042 670
Coordinates
51.39319, -0.50246
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Cloister Garth, also used as a Music School, is a 17th-century cottage block with later alterations. It is a two-storey building with six windows on the first floor. The exterior is roughcast rendered and has a tile roof. The windows are sash windows with glazing bars and near-flush frames. Inside, a 17th-century staircase features heavy turned column balusters on a close string.

This building forms a group with Abbey Barn and Abbey Barn Cottage, The Old Parsonage, Kilvee House, and numbers 2 and 3 Manor Farm Cottages, Willow Walk.

Local climate

Cloister Garth (Music School) sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% 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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  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 2011
  • Related listed building consents — 9 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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