Durning Library is a Grade II listed building in the Lambeth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 March 1981. Library. 8 related planning applications.
Durning Library
- WRENN ID
- keen-chamber-equinox
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lambeth
- Constituency
- Vauxhall and Camberwell Green MP: Florence Eshalomi (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 March 1981
- Type
- Library
- Address
- Durning Library, 167, Kennington Lane Se11, SE11 4HF
- OS grid reference
- TQ 313 783
- Coordinates
- 51.48889, -0.11019
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Durning Library, located at 167 Kennington Lane, is a Grade II listed building designed by Sidney Smith in 1889. This Gothic Revival structure features North Italian and Flemish design elements. It is a tall, narrow building with three storeys, an attic, and a basement. The left side includes a four-storey tower bay beneath a tall pyramidal roof. The building is constructed from Fareham red brick, accented with various stone dressings. It has a very steeply pitched slated roof with tall chimneys. The facade is elaborate, showcasing a blend of Gothic, Tudor, and Renaissance motifs. The ground floor projects with an open arcade, featuring a balustrade and set-back left and central entrances. Above the arcade, there are tile and terra-cotta decorations. On the second floor, an oriel window supported by an elaborate corbel features a highly decorated gable above it, with a griffin resting on a corbelled bracket below.
Local climate
Durning Library sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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