Christchurch, Library is a Grade I listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 January 1954. A Georgian Library.
Christchurch, Library
- WRENN ID
- western-kitchen-sepia
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Oxford
- Constituency
- Oxford West and Abingdon MP: Layla Moran (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 January 1954
- Type
- Library
- Period
- Georgian
- OS grid reference
- SP 515 060
- Coordinates
- 51.751, -1.25491
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Christchurch Library was built between 1716 and 1761 by Dr. George Clarke, with William Townesend as the mason. It is constructed from Headington and Burford (Taynton) stone. The entablature was renewed in 1894, and the building was refaced in Portland and Clipsham stone between 1960 and 1962.
Local climate
Christchurch, Library sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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