Loddon Branch Library Norfolk County Council is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 February 1977. Library, former school. 3 related planning applications.
Loddon Branch Library Norfolk County Council
- WRENN ID
- ancient-threshold-weasel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Norfolk
- Constituency
- South Norfolk MP: Ben Goldsborough (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 February 1977
- Type
- Library, former school
- Address
- Loddon Branch Library Norfolk County Council, 31, Church Plain, NR14 6EX
- OS grid reference
- TM 362 987
- Coordinates
- 52.5356, 1.48151
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Loddon Branch Library, part of Norfolk County Council, is a former school and school house built in 1857 by J.S. Benest and A. Newson, with an addition made in 1881. The building is constructed of knapped flint with yellow stone dressings and features a slate roof with gabled ends.
On the left side, the former school house includes a small truncated corner tower with a pointed arch porch underneath. To the right, there is a projecting two-storey gabled wing that has three-light Gothic windows with cusped headed lights, along with a lean-to porch on the right side. Attached to the right is the main single-storey hall, which has three high gables adorned with large Gothic windows made up of three lancets and quatrefoil lights. Between the gables, there are five cinquefoil lights. The left gable has suffered significant damage from wind in 1976. There is also a small gabled porch on the far right side. All windows feature hexagonal panes.
In front of the building, there is a low flint wall with yellow brick bands and coping, along with piers at intervals that support cast iron railings featuring ornate stanchions with brackets and finials. The library is included for its group value.
Local climate
Loddon Branch Library Norfolk County Council receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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 — 4 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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