Library to Christchurch Cathedral is a Grade I listed building in the Canterbury local planning authority area, England. A Medieval Library, dormitory.
Library to Christchurch Cathedral
- WRENN ID
- broken-courtyard-solstice
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Canterbury
- Constituency
- Canterbury MP: Rosie Duffield (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Library, dormitory
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Library to Christchurch Cathedral, the Cathedral Precincts
- OS grid reference
- TR 151 579
- Coordinates
- 51.28023, 1.08291
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Library to Christchurch Cathedral is a historic building that was formerly the dormitory for Christchurch Monastery, which is why it is listed as grade I. The dormitory was constructed before 1093, and in 1953, a modern library was built over part of it. The building has three storeys; the ground and second floors are made of stone, while the first floor features flint, brick, and masonry. The windows are designed with mullions and leaded lights, with round-headed windows on the first floor. There are two canted bays on both the first and second floors.
Local climate
Library to Christchurch Cathedral sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% 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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