Library is a Grade II listed building in the Wakefield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 October 1987. House, library.
Library
- WRENN ID
- sharp-pavement-pine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wakefield
- Constituency
- Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley MP: Yvette Cooper (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 October 1987
- Type
- House, library
- Address
- Library, Chapel Street
- OS grid reference
- SE 500 241
- Coordinates
- 53.71096, -1.24374
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This building is a library that was originally a house, dating from the early 19th century and has been altered. It features scored stucco and a slate roof, with a rectangular three-unit plan. The structure is two storeys high and has three symmetrical bays. It includes a plinth and sill bands on both floors. The central doorway has an open-pedimented Tuscan architrave, a round-headed design with imposts, and a fanlight with radiating glazing bars. There are two windows at ground floor level (now fitted with plate glass) and three twelve-pane sash windows on the first floor, with the central window featuring a moulded architrave. The wall rises as a parapet that conceals the roof. Note that any additions to the rear are not included in this listing. The interior has been altered.
Local climate
Library receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% 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 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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