Rossall School Library is a Grade II listed building in the Wyre local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 March 1978. Library.

Rossall School Library

WRENN ID
unlit-sandstone-sorrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wyre
Constituency
Blackpool North and Fleetwood MP: Lorraine Beavers (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 March 1978
Type
Library
Address
Rossall School Library, Broadway, Fleetwood
OS grid reference
SD 314 449
Coordinates
53.89574, -3.04481
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Rossall School Library is a building from 1850, designed by architect J E Gregan of Manchester. Originally a chapel, it features hammer-dressed stone with ashlar dressings and a pitched slate roof. The library has six cusped lancets on each side and is supported by buttresses. The east end showcases a group of lancets with colonnettes and moulded capitals, while the west end includes two 2-centred arched windows and one inscribed quatrefoil. A gabled porch and a bell-cote are located at the west end. Inside, the roof is supported by arch-braced trusses resting on hammer beams, and the windows are internally splayed. The east window is notable for its colonnettes that support hood moulds.

Local climate

Rossall School Library sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,420 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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