Carnegie Library is a Grade II listed building in the Waltham Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 October 1986. Library. 2 related planning applications.
Carnegie Library
- WRENN ID
- eternal-spire-pigeon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Waltham Forest
- Constituency
- Walthamstow MP: Ms Stella Creasy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 October 1986
- Type
- Library
- Address
- Carnegie Library, 382, Lea Bridge Road E10, E10 7HU
- OS grid reference
- TQ 370 876
- Coordinates
- 51.57073, -0.02355
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Carnegie Library, built in 1905 by W Jacques, is a library located on Leyton's Lea Bridge Road. It is designed in a mannered classical style, constructed from red brick with stone dressings and topped with a slate roof. The building is two storeys high and five windows wide, with the entrance situated to the right, featuring a segmental stone canopy. The ground floor showcases banded rustication, while the square-headed windows are adorned with rusticated architraves and mostly feature Ionic columns as mullions. A prominent central arched window on the first floor extends into the roof and is framed by rusticated voussoirs. The three central windows have stone aprons and are inscribed with "Public :Carnegie : Library." Above the first floor, there is a cornice, and a small lead and timber cupola crowns the structure. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Carnegie 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 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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- 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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