The Literary Institute is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 June 1976. A Victorian Institute. 8 related planning applications.
The Literary Institute
- WRENN ID
- rough-grate-pearl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire East
- Constituency
- Congleton MP: Sarah Russell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 June 1976
- Type
- Institute
- Address
- The Literary Institute, Hightown, Sandbach, CW11 1AE
- OS grid reference
- SJ 757 608
- Coordinates
- 53.14458, -2.36468
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Literary Institute, built in 1857, is a Grade II listed building designed by the architect Sir George Gilbert Scott. It is constructed in a Gothic style using red brick, with stone dressings and blue brick decorations. The building has two storeys, featuring a central block with three gables, each adorned with two-light Gothic style windows. The ground floor has three windows, each consisting of three lancets grouped under a relieving arch. To the left of the central block is an octagonal two-storey porch with a hipped roof, while to the right is a lower block that includes another entrance. The roof is tiled.
Local climate
The Literary Institute receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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 — 8 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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