County Branch Library is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. Library. 2 related planning applications.
County Branch Library
- WRENN ID
- under-rotunda-primrose
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Suffolk
- Constituency
- Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Library
- Address
- County Branch Library, Queen Street, Stradbroke, IP21 5HG
- OS grid reference
- TM 231 740
- Coordinates
- 52.31895, 1.27246
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The County Branch Library, originally a corn hall, was built in 1854. It features a red brick structure with a white brick facade and pilaster strips. The roof is slated with overhanging boarded eaves, and the front gable is designed as a pediment with a moulded cornice. The gable facade has three bays, separated by brick pilasters with moulded caps, and clasping pilasters at the corners. The windows are inset sash types with glazing bars and flat brick arches. There is a central double-recessed arched doorway, which has been bricked up and replaced with a small mid-20th century window. The sides of the building have four bays, also divided by pilaster strips, with the third bay on the right altered to create a mid-20th century entrance. There are two white brick stacks.
Local climate
County Branch Library sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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