County Library is a Grade II listed building in the Test Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 December 1972. Library. 4 related planning applications.
County Library
- WRENN ID
- scarred-spindle-vale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Test Valley
- Constituency
- Romsey and Southampton North MP: Caroline Nokes (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 December 1972
- Type
- Library
- Address
- County Library, Station Road, Romsey, SO51 8DN
- OS grid reference
- SU 354 214
- Coordinates
- 50.99133, -1.49664
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The County Library, originally a National School, was built in 1871 by Nesfield. It is an L-shaped building constructed primarily of red brick. The south wing is single-storey and has four windows. A gabled porch is located at the south end, with a bell-turret and chimney combined above it. The north-east wing is two-storeys high; the first floor is tile-hung and features two windows. This wing has a gable facing east. The roof is tiled.
Local climate
County Library receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 7 transactions since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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