Marlborough College Gymnasium is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 October 1974. Gymnasium. 7 related planning applications.
Marlborough College Gymnasium
- WRENN ID
- weathered-alcove-mist
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- East Wiltshire MP: Danny Kruger (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 October 1974
- Type
- Gymnasium
- Address
- Marlborough College Gymnasium, Bridewell Street
- OS grid reference
- SU 184 688
- Coordinates
- 51.4182, -1.7355
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Marlborough College Gymnasium, built in 1908 and designed by architect C.E. Ponting, is a two-storey building constructed of chequer brick with rusticated rubbed brick pilasters. It features a pitched slate roof and a deeply projecting wooden modillion eaves cornice. Each side of the building has an open pediment at the center, through which a large window with glazing bars is set in a concave rubbed brick surround. The lower storey includes parts of the former town gaol.
Local climate
Marlborough College Gymnasium receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 7 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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