Public Library and Museum at Beaney Institute is a Grade II listed building in the Canterbury local planning authority area, England. Public library and museum.
Public Library and Museum at Beaney Institute
- WRENN ID
- standing-finial-oak
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Canterbury
- Constituency
- Canterbury MP: Rosie Duffield (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Public library and museum
- Address
- Public Library and Museum at Beaney Institute, High Street
- OS grid reference
- TR 148 578
- Coordinates
- 51.27967, 1.07929
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Public Library and Museum at the Beaney Institute was built in 1897 by A H Campbell. It is a two-storey building with a basement, featuring a stone plinth, a brick ground floor, and a timber-framed first floor with mosaic infilling. The roof is tiled and has a large brick chimney. The building has three gables, each with elaborately carved bargeboards and a central finial topped with a weather vane. In the central gable, there are two stone putti holding the inscription "The Beaney Institute for the education of working men. Public Library and Museum." The design includes curved braces and quatrefoil ornaments, with fine curved brackets supporting the tiled gable.
On the first floor, there are two elaborate mullioned and transomed windows with leaded lights and a central oriel. The ground floor features two double segmental arched mullioned and transomed windows adorned with terracotta roundels depicting female figures representing Art and Science. The central doorcase has a pentice tiled roof with an intricately carved cornice and brackets, along with a curved stone balustrade and steps. The building also has a beautifully decorated rainwater head.
The Public Library and Museum at the Beaney Institute, along with Nos 20, 20A, 21, 24, and King's Bridge, form a group.
Local climate
Public Library and Museum at Beaney Institute 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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