County Library is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 February 1967. Library.
County Library
- WRENN ID
- mired-pavement-rowan
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- Harlow MP: Chris Vince (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 February 1967
- Type
- Library
- Address
- County Library, Cage End, Hatfield Broad Oak
- OS grid reference
- TL 545 165
- Coordinates
- 51.82597, 0.24129
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The County Library is a 16th-century building originally used for an unclear purpose. It features a timber-framed and plastered structure with a gabled peg-tile roof and stands two storeys high. The front has 20th-century pargetting and includes a pair of old leaded light casement windows above another similar pair, along with an entrance door. Inside, the timber frame is exposed, revealing a two-bay structure with a former window in each bay on the first floor. The building was originally jettied at the front, supported by jowled posts, and had framing for a chimney stack at the rear, which has since been removed. The gutter is supported on iron stays.
Local climate
County 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 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% 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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