Jesmond Branch Library is a Grade II listed building in the Newcastle upon Tyne local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 April 1998. Library. 9 related planning applications.

Jesmond Branch Library

WRENN ID
haunted-gateway-equinox
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Newcastle upon Tyne
Constituency
Newcastle upon Tyne North MP: Catherine McKinnell (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 April 1998
Type
Library
Address
Jesmond Branch Library, St Georges Terrace, NE2 2DL
OS grid reference
NZ 252 665
Coordinates
54.99326, -1.60641
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Jesmond Branch Library is a branch library built between 1962 and 1963, designed by Harry Faulkner Brown of Williamson, Faulkner, Brown and Partners. The building features a steel frame painted black and is clad with precast pink granite aggregate panels, while the administration block is constructed of grey brick. It has a flat roof and a circular plan for the main lending area, which showcases a "saw-tooth" arrangement of external windows and panels. This design allows light to reach the sides of the bookcases, which are integrated into the long edges of the serrations, backed by aggregate panels and topped with glazing. The entrance is recessed and fully glazed. This library is noted for its high standard of design, detailing, and finishes, elegantly occupying its corner site. It was awarded the RIBA Bronze Medal in 1965.

Local climate

Jesmond Branch Library receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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