Library is a Grade II* listed building in the Brighton and Hove local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 March 1993. Library. 11 related planning applications.

Library

WRENN ID
scattered-jade-jet
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Brighton and Hove
Constituency
Brighton Pavilion MP: Siân Berry (Green)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 March 1993
Type
Library
Address
Library, University of Sussex, the City of Brighton and Hove, BN1 9QL
OS grid reference
TQ 344 090
Coordinates
50.86528, -0.0901
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The University of Sussex Library, designed by Sir Basil Spence, was built between 1962 and 1971. It features a combination of red brick and bare, board-marked concrete, with timber windows and a flat roof. The building is two storeys high, designed in a 'giant order' style, and includes a concealed basement. The main eastern facade, which faces Fulton Court, has 15 bays, with an off-centre entrance located in the 6th and 7th bays from the left. The facade is accented by projecting brick buttresses flanking the 3rd, 10th, and 13th bays. Vertical strip windows break up large sections of blind brick wall, and the returns also feature projecting buttresses. An extension to the north for the Institute of Development Studies is not included in this listing. The interior has not been inspected.

Local climate

Library receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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