The Library is a Grade II listed building in the North Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 June 1972. Chapel. 1 related planning application.
The Library
- WRENN ID
- half-mortar-russet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Norfolk
- Constituency
- North Norfolk MP: Steff Aquarone (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 June 1972
- Type
- Chapel
- Address
- The Library, Station Road, Wells-Next-The-Sea, NR23 1EA
- OS grid reference
- TF 917 434
- Coordinates
- 52.95453, 0.85365
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Library was built in 1759 as a Wesleyan Chapel. It features a red brick exterior with stucco, and has a hipped roof covered in pantiles. The entrance includes a doorway flanked by pilasters and topped with a cornice, with tall windows on either side that have metal glazing bars. The Library, along with Tinker's Hotel and the buildings at Nos 15 to 19 (odd), forms a group with St Helier.
Local climate
The Library receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 4 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2024
- 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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