Public Library is a Grade II listed building in the Wychavon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 May 1952. Library.
Public Library
- WRENN ID
- vacant-fireplace-lake
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wychavon
- Constituency
- Droitwich and Evesham MP: Nigel Huddleston (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 May 1952
- Type
- Library
- Address
- Public Library, Market Place, Evesham
- OS grid reference
- SP 037 437
- Coordinates
- 52.09215, -1.94693
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Public Library, located on the east side of Market Place, was built between 1908 and 1909 and designed by architect G.H. Hunt from Evesham. This classical building is constructed of red brick with stone dressings and features two storeys. The façade includes five casement windows set within moulded stone architraves that have keyblocks and pediments, with the two outer windows flanked by balustrades.
On the ground floor, there are semi-circular headed windows with keyblocks, a central doorway topped by a rectangular fanlight, and a multi-panelled divided door. The entrance is accentuated by a stone Roman Doric portico that is surmounted by a balustrade and urns. Additional architectural details include a string-course, stone modillion bracket eaves cornice, and a brick parapet.
The Public Library is part of a group that includes Nos 6 and 6A, Nos 7 and 8, and Walker Hall, which collectively relate to several nearby historical structures such as Abbot Reginald's Gateway, The Old Vicarage, Church of St Lawrence, Church of All Saints, The Bell Tower, Abbot Reginald's Wall, the Porter's Lodge, and the remains of the Abbey.
Local climate
Public Library receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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