Bloomsbury Branch Library is a Grade II listed building in the Birmingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 January 1983. Library.

Bloomsbury Branch Library

WRENN ID
far-transept-sorrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Birmingham
Constituency
Birmingham Ladywood MP: Shabana Mahmood (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 January 1983
Type
Library
Address
Bloomsbury Branch Library, Nechells Parkway B7
OS grid reference
SP 088 882
Coordinates
52.49236, -1.87163
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Bloomsbury Branch Library is a striking building dating from around 1893, designed in a mixed classical style and constructed from pink terracotta. It serves as a landmark in the area, featuring a tall entrance tower at the corner topped by a square upper dome. The high reading room gable is positioned diagonally towards the rear. The single-storey street frontage includes terracotta windows with mullions and transoms, set under four-centred arches, and is adorned with lively sculpture groups in the tympana.

Local climate

Bloomsbury Branch Library receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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