The Parish Library is a Grade II* listed building in the Halton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 October 1952. Library.
The Parish Library
- WRENN ID
- white-postern-wagtail
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Halton
- Constituency
- Runcorn and Helsby MP: Sarah Pochin (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 October 1952
- Type
- Library
- Address
- The Parish Library, Castle Road
- OS grid reference
- SJ 537 818
- Coordinates
- 53.33188, -2.69556
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Parish Library, originally known as the Chesshyre Library, is a building dating from 1730, commissioned by Sir John Chesshyre. It is constructed of stone with a slate roof and consists of one storey and two bays. The entrance features a door with four fielded panels set within a stone doorcase that has Ionic columns and a triangular pediment with a raised segmental apex. The building has arched windows with glazing bars, a cornice, and a solid parapet, along with stone gables and a chimney. The interior has been altered and repaired in 1975, resulting in it being of no particular interest. The library now serves as a Committee Room for the new linked Church Hall.
Local climate
The Parish Library receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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