Cheshunt Public Library is a Grade II listed building in the Broxbourne local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 November 1983. Library. 7 related planning applications.
Cheshunt Public Library
- WRENN ID
- ruined-marble-honey
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Broxbourne
- Constituency
- Broxbourne MP: Lewis Cocking (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 November 1983
- Type
- Library
- Address
- Cheshunt Public Library, Turners Hill, EN8 8LB
- OS grid reference
- TL 360 019
- Coordinates
- 51.69987, -0.03318
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Cheshunt Public Library, built in 1907 by J Myrtle Smith, is a notable example of the Wren revival style. In 1965, projecting side wings were added in the same style and materials. The building features red brick with stone dressings. The central block has a gabled roof and a ground floor Roman Doric loggia supported by two columns, with curved interior walls and niches in the side walls. The upper floor includes an arched, leaded window set in a coved arch, featuring a pedestal carved with an armorial plaque, fruit swags, and winged cherubs. The cornice has an open pediment with paired mutules, and there is a hexagonal cupola topped with an ogee copper dome and a wrought iron weathervane. The ground floor has mullioned and transomed casements, which are repeated in the four-window extensions.
Local climate
Cheshunt Public 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 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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- Related listed building consents — 7 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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