Cambridge City Branch Library is a Grade II listed building in the Cambridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 November 1972. Library. 2 related planning applications.

Cambridge City Branch Library

WRENN ID
crooked-slate-sable
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cambridge
Constituency
Cambridge MP: Daniel Zeichner (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 November 1972
Type
Library
Address
Cambridge City Branch Library, Mill Road, CB1 2AZ
OS grid reference
TL 463 578
Coordinates
52.19927, 0.14002
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Cambridge City Branch Library, dated 1897, is a single-storey building constructed of red brick. It features eight bays divided by paired and single Corinthian pilasters. The façade includes eight four-light windows with brick mullions and transoms, each topped with drip-moulds and swag panels. A central panelled round-headed door is located beneath a gable that displays the date. On either side of the door, there are consoles and lions bearing arms. The roof is a double pitch covered with slate, featuring a skylight in between. The west end facing Mill Road showcases a Baroque church-style façade with two windows flanked by pilasters and a pediment above supported by consoles, which bears the words 'Free Library'.

Local climate

Cambridge City Branch Library sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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