Leyton Public Library is a Grade II listed building in the Waltham Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 August 1986. Library. 8 related planning applications.
Leyton Public Library
- WRENN ID
- burning-flint-fen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Waltham Forest
- Constituency
- Leyton and Wanstead MP: Mr Calvin Bailey (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 August 1986
- Type
- Library
- Address
- Leyton Public Library, High Road E10, E10 5QH
- OS grid reference
- TQ 382 862
- Coordinates
- 51.55851, -0.0073
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Leyton Public Library is a public library built in 1881 by John Knight. It is constructed of gault brick with stone dressings and features a low slate roof, complemented by a tall slated pavilion roof at the corner. The library occupies a prominent corner site with an entrance at the base of a low tower. The architectural style is Victorian eclectic.
Facing High Road Leyton, the building has three storeys and five bays, with a lower two-storey bay to the right that includes an additional entrance. The doorways are Corinthian pilastered and pedimented. The windows are square-headed with architraves, and the ground floor windows are pedimented with incised decoration on the lintels. The windows are sash style with plate glass. There are cornices between the storeys and a main console cornice above the second floor.
The return elevation to Ruckholt Road has a similar decorative treatment but features an irregular window pattern. The roofs are adorned with decorative iron cresting. The library is part of the Leyton Town Hall complex and is included for its group value.
Local climate
Leyton Public 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 8 applications
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