Newport Nodehill County Middle School and Library is a Grade II listed building in the Isle of Wight local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 February 1972. School, library. 2 related planning applications.

Newport Nodehill County Middle School and Library

WRENN ID
knotted-pedestal-candle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Isle of Wight
Constituency
Isle of Wight West MP: Richard Quigley (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
1 February 1972
Type
School, library
Address
Newport Nodehill County Middle School and Library, St John's Place, Newport and Carisbrooke, PO30 1LJ
OS grid reference
SZ 498 887
Coordinates
50.69657, -1.29495
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Newport Nodehill County Middle School and Library was originally the Technical Institute and Seely Library, built in 1904 by W. Venn Cough. The building is constructed of red brick with rendered dressings and features decorative details in a free Jacobean-Dutch style. It has a symmetrical design with gabled end bays and a main block that has a gable end roof. The entrance bay is elaborate and projects outward, while the building also includes strapwork decoration, pilasters, and tall arched windows with keystones.

Local climate

Newport Nodehill County Middle School and Library receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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