Passmore Edwards Public Library is a Grade II listed building in the Tower Hamlets local planning authority area, England. A Edwardian Library.

Passmore Edwards Public Library

WRENN ID
slow-granite-moon
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Tower Hamlets
Constituency
Stratford and Bow MP: Uma Kumaran (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Library
Period
Edwardian
Address
Passmore Edwards Public Library, 564, Roman Road E3
OS grid reference
TQ 367 833
Coordinates
51.53281, -0.02985
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Passmore Edwards Public Library, built in 1900 and designed by architect S B Russell, is a two-storey red brick building with a tiled bottom storey and stone banding on the first floor. It features wide eaves and a modillion cornice. The library includes a basement and dormers, with three windows on the first floor flanked by Ionic columns. The windows are sash style with glazing bars, and there are round windows below them. The dormers are adorned with triangular and round arched pediments. A clock is situated on the building, surrounded by wrought iron work. The side wall extends to the gable, also featuring a modillion cornice, and there is a banded chimney. The front has a plain doorway recess, while a heavily carved door is located at the side.

Local climate

Passmore Edwards Public 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 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% 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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