Borlase School is a Grade II* listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 July 1949. A C17 School. 4 related planning applications.
Borlase School
- WRENN ID
- strange-tin-scarlet
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Beaconsfield MP: Joy Morrissey (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 July 1949
- Type
- School
- Address
- Borlase School, West Street, Marlow, SL7 2BR
- OS grid reference
- SU 845 864
- Coordinates
- 51.57025, -0.78155
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Borlase School, a grammar school founded by Henry Borlase in 1624, is located on the northwest side of West Street. The central and original part of the building is two storeys high with an attic, constructed from flint with brick quoins and window surrounds, topped with an old tile roof. It features a central chimney with diamond and square shafts and an elaborate offset head. The central gable projection, which was the former entry, now has one window on each floor. On either side of this projection are gabled dormers, and below are eight-light mullioned and transomed casements, with a stone panel inscribed with text between them. All the window lights are of early 19th-century design. There are flanking additions of different dates, primarily from 1954, which are built in matching materials of flint and brick. Borlase School and No 104 form a group.
Local climate
Borlase 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 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
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- Radon risk assessment
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