Literary Institute is a Grade II listed building in the Runnymede local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 July 1951. A C18 Literary institute. 4 related planning applications.

Literary Institute

WRENN ID
under-lead-autumn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Runnymede
Constituency
Runnymede and Weybridge MP: Dr Ben Spencer (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 July 1951
Type
Literary institute
Address
Literary Institute, High Street, TW20 9EP
OS grid reference
TQ 010 713
Coordinates
51.4319, -0.54788
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Literary Institute, originally a house, dates from the 18th century. It features a red brick east wall and a tiled roof, standing two tall storeys high. On the ground floor, there are three recesses, including one sash window with 18 panes and another with 12 panes. The first floor has one recess with four sash windows, which are 19th-century replacements. At the rear, there is a plain brick extension. The museum is set back from the front elevation of the main building, with sash windows on the first and second floors, each having 12 panes. There is a single-storey extension in one angle and a two-storey extension in another angle. The two-storey flank wall has been refaced in brick, dating from the time of the extension.

Local climate

Literary Institute sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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