County Library is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 February 1974. Library. 4 related planning applications.
County Library
- WRENN ID
- dreaming-pillar-finch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 February 1974
- Type
- Library
- Address
- County Library, High Street, Much Wenlock, TF13 6AE
- OS grid reference
- SO 623 999
- Coordinates
- 52.59565, -2.55788
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The County Library, dated 1852, was formerly known as the Corn Hall and Agricultural Library. It is constructed of squared coursed rubble with ashlar dressings and consists of two storeys. The lower storey features an open loggia supported by four Roman arches. The building has ashlar quoins and four tall sash windows set in rusticated surrounds, each topped with small cornices. There is a moulded band and eaves cornice, and the roof is parapeted with gables covered in tiles. A moulded stone cartouche displaying the date 1852 is located above an inscribed marble tablet dated 1887, which commemorates William Penny Brooks. The County Library, along with Nos 53 to 61 (consecutive) and No 63, forms a group.
Local climate
County Library receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% 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 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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