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

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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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