Former Reading Room and Library is a Grade II listed building in the South Kesteven local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 January 1987. Reading room, library.

Former Reading Room and Library

WRENN ID
muted-spire-alder
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Kesteven
Constituency
Rutland and Stamford MP: Alicia Kearns (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 January 1987
Type
Reading room, library
Address
Former Reading Room and Library, High Street, Colsterworth
OS grid reference
SK 930 240
Coordinates
52.80605, -0.62099
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Former Reading Room and Library, now no longer in use, was built in 1830 and endowed by Christopher Turnor of Stoke Rochford Hall. It features squared limestone rubble with ashlar quoins and dressings, and has a pantile roof. There is a later red brick rear wing with an asbestos roof. The building is L-shaped and single storey, with a three-bay front that includes three glazing bar sash windows, each with flat ashlar lintels. There is a similar window on the gable end, and above it, a datestone displays "CT 1830" in raised lettering.

Local climate

Former Reading Room and Library sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% 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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