County Library is a Grade II listed building in the Tendring local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 November 1966. Library. 12 related planning applications.

County Library

WRENN ID
little-cobalt-thunder
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Tendring
Constituency
Harwich and North Essex MP: Sir Bernard Jenkin (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 November 1966
Type
Library
Address
County Library, High Street, Manningtree, CO11 1AD
OS grid reference
TM 106 318
Coordinates
51.94529, 1.06319
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The County Library, originally built as a Corn Exchange around 1865 at a cost of £1,600, is located on the south side of Manningtree High Street. It closed around 1875, became a public hall, was later converted into a church by Raymond Erith, and is now a public library. The building is constructed of brick with a stucco finish and features three two-storey bays, with the inner bay raised and set back. It has parapets with moulded cornices and a block finial on the central bay. The outer bays have horizontal upper and lower vertical sunk panels, each containing a round-headed window in the lower panels. The central bay is highlighted by a portico supported by four Ionic columns, leading to a set of central panelled double doors, with square lights on either side. Above the portico is a band featuring three graduated semi-circular recessed arches, with the smaller outer arches having sunk square panels above them.

Local climate

County Library receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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