Numbers 52 and 54 and Branch Library is a Grade II listed building in the York local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 June 1983. A Victorian Public library, houses.
Numbers 52 and 54 and Branch Library
- WRENN ID
- fading-quoin-fern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- York
- Constituency
- York Outer MP: Mr Luke Charters (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 June 1983
- Type
- Public library, houses
- Period
- Victorian
- Address
- Numbers 52 and 54 and Branch Library, Tadcaster Road
- OS grid reference
- SE 586 496
- Coordinates
- 53.93938, -1.10767
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Numbers 52 and 54 and the Branch Library is a building that was originally a school, constructed in 1852 and later altered. It is made of brick in English bond and features a pantiled roof.
The library is located in a one-storey gabled cross-wing on the left side. It has two windows, each consisting of three lights and a transom, with geometrical glazing. At the top of the gable, there is a louvred ventilation opening, along with a circular recess below it. The entrance door, which is from the 20th century and partly glazed, is situated in the front wall of a lean-to against the left-hand return wall.
The two houses are set back to the right and consist of one storey plus attics. Number 54 has two bays with a central doorway. It features three-light windows on the ground floor and two-light dormers above, all with casements that have geometrical glazing. The door has six raised and fielded panels. Number 52, on the right, is one bay wide and has 20th-century casement windows on both the ground floor and the dormer. Its door and doorhood are also from the 20th century. There are ridge chimneys to the right and left of Number 54. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Numbers 52 and 54 and Branch Library sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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