The Old Library is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 February 1984. House. 1 related planning application.
The Old Library
- WRENN ID
- solitary-garret-starling
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 February 1984
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old Library, Park Road, Little Easton, CM6 2JH
- OS grid reference
- TL 610 236
- Coordinates
- 51.88788, 0.33912
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Library is a late 17th-century house, originally timber-framed and later plastered. It has a red plain tile hipped roof. The house has two storeys and a four-window front, featuring 17th and 20th-century leaded casement windows. A gabled porch was added in the 21st century. An inscribed date of 1690 is visible on the building.
Local climate
The Old Library sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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 — 3 transactions since 2009
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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