Library (Formerly Friends Meeting House) is a Grade II listed building in the King0s Lynn and West Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1972. Library, meeting house.

Library (Formerly Friends Meeting House)

WRENN ID
over-bonework-furze
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
King0s Lynn and West Norfolk
Constituency
South West Norfolk MP: Terry Jermy (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 November 1972
Type
Library, meeting house
Address
Library (Formerly Friends Meeting House), Bridge Street, Downham Market, King's Lynn and West Norfolk
OS grid reference
TF 607 031
Coordinates
52.60272, 0.37262
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The building is a former Friends Meeting House, now functioning as a library. It dates back to the 17th century and is constructed of thin red brick in a rectangular shape. The building has been remodeled for its current use, featuring a central entrance on the long north side, flanked by tall windows with flat arches. At the gabled east end, there are two high-level casement windows. It has a plinth and a slate roof with an eaves soffit. This former meeting house is part of a group that includes a former Methodist Church, a Sunday School, the library itself, and boundary walls, as well as Nos 1 and 3 Railway Road.

Local climate

Library (Formerly Friends Meeting House) sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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