Essex County Library is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 November 1973. A Late C19 Library. 2 related planning applications.
Essex County Library
- WRENN ID
- unlit-belfry-lake
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 November 1973
- Type
- Library
- Address
- Essex County Library, Coggeshall Road
- OS grid reference
- TL 758 232
- Coordinates
- 51.88023, 0.55408
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a late 19th-century grey gault brick building, originally constructed as a County Court and now serving as a library. The front is stuccoed, featuring a parapet and cornice supported by paired console brackets. The building is one storey high, with a three-window front. The windows are double-hung sashes with margin glazing bars, set within stucco architraves topped with cornices on console brackets. A moulded stucco stringcourse runs at window sill level, also supported by console brackets. The ends of the building project slightly; a doorway is located on the east end and a window on the west end, both set in rusticated semi-circular arches with alternating, vermiculated voussoirs.
Local climate
Essex County Library sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 9 transactions since 2007
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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