County Library (Ludlow Branch) is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 April 1954. Library.
County Library (Ludlow Branch)
- WRENN ID
- proud-timber-heath
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 April 1954
- Type
- Library
- Address
- County Library (Ludlow Branch), 10, Old Street
- OS grid reference
- SO 512 746
- Coordinates
- 52.36768, -2.71729
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The County Library (Ludlow Branch) is an early 19th-century library located on Old Street in Ludlow. It is constructed of painted brick and features a Welsh slate roof with a brick ridge stack. The building is two stories tall and has a cellar, with a four-window range. The façade includes three 8/8 sash windows set beneath grooved stucco lintels, which are recessed under a blind arcade formed by elliptical keyed gauged brick arches supported by brick pilasters. To the left, there is one 4/8 sash window beneath a stuccoed lintel, with a similar window above it.
The central entrance, which has been blocked, retains a moulded flat hood supported by consoles on fluted pilasters. This entrance is flanked by 6/6 sash windows under grooved stucco lintels. The window to the right features an early 19th-century shopfront with bow windows and a central part-glazed door with an overlight, all under a moulded fascia board.
Local climate
County Library (Ludlow Branch) receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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