Library, Former Blower's Repository is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 November 1995. Library/offices.

Library, Former Blower's Repository

WRENN ID
ancient-forge-magpie
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Shropshire
Constituency
Shrewsbury MP: Julia Buckley (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 November 1995
Type
Library/offices
Address
Library, Former Blower's Repository, Castle Gates, Shrewsbury
OS grid reference
SJ 493 128
Coordinates
52.71085, -2.75081
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The building is a former Blower's Repository, now used as library offices, and was constructed in 1902. It features a brick structure with a mock timber facade, an ashlar porch, and a plain tiled roof. The building is two storeys high and has a two-window range with an advanced gable on the right side. To the left, there is a full-height porch with a round-arched entrance and mullioned and transomed windows above, which have leaded lights. The archway is inscribed with "Blowers Repository."

The original shop front is located in the right-hand gable, featuring a high fascia supported by moulded consoles. The upper storey showcases mock timbering with decorative panels that create a baluster-like arcading, along with a moulded bressumer supporting the jettied second storey. The gable apex is adorned with herringbone struts and cusped braces. Above, there is a shallow oriel window with leaded lights, and the gable contains paired three-light mullioned and transomed windows, with an enriched tie beam above that bears the date.

Local climate

Library, Former Blower's Repository receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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