Glenburnie is a Grade II listed building in the Bath and North East Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 August 1975. Villa, school. 5 related planning applications.

Glenburnie

WRENN ID
buried-bailey-furze
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bath and North East Somerset
Constituency
Bath MP: Wera Hobhouse (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 August 1975
Type
Villa, school
Address
Glenburnie, 159, Church Road, BA2 5JN
OS grid reference
ST 764 624
Coordinates
51.36067, -2.34008
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Glenburnie is a detached villa, now serving as a Junior School, built in the mid-19th century with 20th-century additions. The building is constructed from limestone ashlar and features a slate roof. It has a tall, compact design with a low-pitched hipped roof that has deep eaves supported by widely spaced single brackets. At the rear, there is a large later 20th-century extension.

The exterior consists of three storeys and three windows, with plain sashes set in architrave surrounds and cornices on the first floor. The ground floor features French windows with Venetian shutters, along with a central glazed and panelled door that has a transom light above it. A notable feature is the full-width cast iron balcony on the first floor, which has decorative railings with grape and vine-leaf designs, supported by cast iron brackets in seven bays. The eaves have a plain frieze band, and there are cropped ashlar stacks at each end of the building.

The right side of the villa has a plain appearance, with a sash window on each floor, including a twelve-pane window on the second floor at the rear. The left side is similar but lacks a window on the second floor, featuring a twelve-pane window on the first floor instead.

The interior has been substantially altered to accommodate pre-prep school facilities and has been considerably extended. Historically, Glenburnie is the last and most imposing villa in a series along the north side of Church Road, offering panoramic views over the countryside to the south.

Local climate

Glenburnie receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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 2016
  • Related listed building consents — 5 applications
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