Public Library is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 May 1975. Library.
Public Library
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard MP: Alex Mayer (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 May 1975
- Type
- Library
- Address
- Public Library, Lake Street, Leighton-Linslade
- OS grid reference
- SP 923 249
- Coordinates
- 51.91502, -0.65905
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Public Library, formerly known as the Leighton Institute, was built in 1845. It features a Neoclassical design with a stucco front and a tetrastyle Greek Ionic pseudo portico. The building is single storey and stands on a plinth, topped with a Welsh slated roof. It has three sash windows with glazing bars and a pair of six-panelled doors. The library is part of a group with Nos 26 to 30 (even).
Local climate
Public Library sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% 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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