Wolfson Library is a Grade I listed building in the Canterbury local planning authority area, England. A Mediaeval (ground floor) Library.
Wolfson Library
- WRENN ID
- late-thatch-bracken
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Canterbury
- Constituency
- Canterbury MP: Rosie Duffield (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Library
- Address
- Wolfson Library, the Cathedral Precincts
- OS grid reference
- TR 151 579
- Coordinates
- 51.28013, 1.08362
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Wolfson Library is located in the Cathedral Precincts and is listed for its remains of the Cheker or Accounts Department of Christchurch Monastery. The ground floor, constructed of flint and ashlar, dates back to the Medieval period. The two upper storeys were built in the 20th century.
Local climate
Wolfson Library 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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