Chelsea Public Library Now Part of Chelsea College is a Grade II* listed building in the Kensington and Chelsea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 April 1969. College annexe. 8 related planning applications.
Chelsea Public Library Now Part of Chelsea College
- WRENN ID
- ragged-loft-cedar
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Constituency
- Chelsea and Fulham MP: Ben Coleman (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 April 1969
- Type
- College annexe
- Address
- Chelsea Public Library Now Part of Chelsea College, Manresa Road Sw3, SW3 6NB
- OS grid reference
- TQ 270 780
- Coordinates
- 51.48707, -0.17161
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Chelsea Public Library, now part of Chelsea College, is a college annexe that was originally built as a public library in 1890, designed by architect J M Brydon. The building has three storeys and features five windows with two sashes. The recessed wings are each one window wide. It is constructed of red brick and stone, with round-headed windows on the ground floor that have rusticated surrounds. The first floor windows are also round-headed and have stone relieving arches, which contain square-headed openings in brick with prominent keystones. The building is topped with a hipped, pantiled roof and has a tall chimney on each side. A stone Ionic semi-circular porch adds to its architectural character.
Local climate
Chelsea Public Library Now Part of Chelsea College sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 51% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 8 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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