Central Library is a Grade II listed building in the Derby local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 February 1977. Library. 5 related planning applications.
Central Library
- WRENN ID
- scattered-chapel-rowan
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Derby
- Constituency
- Derby South MP: Baggy Shanker (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 February 1977
- Type
- Library
- Address
- Central Library, Wardwick, City of Derby, DE1 1HS
- OS grid reference
- SK 350 362
- Coordinates
- 52.92262, -1.4798
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Central Library, built in 1879 and designed by architect R K Freeman of Bolton, is a Grade II listed red brick building in the Gothic style. It features two storeys and a basement, with a central projecting bay that includes a clock tower topped with a gabled lantern and a spirelet. The side wings are adorned with a range of stone mullioned windows, each featuring tiered canted bay windows and an oriel window with pointed arched lights. Above these windows is a hipped tile roof with iron brattishing. The central area has a semi-circular oriel window with mullions and transoms, and the first storey showcases moulded terra cotta and tile panels, along with moulded head and sill bands. The central doorway is a pointed divided door, complemented by a moulded eaves cornice and a parapet. The building is further enhanced by tiles. An addition on the left-hand side, dated 1915, is included in the listing. The Central Library, along with Nos 6, 8, 10 and the gates on the right-hand side, and the Statue of M.T. Bass, forms a group with No 1 Strand.
Local climate
Central Library receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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