The Public Library is a Grade II listed building in the Arun local planning authority area, England. Library. 3 related planning applications.
The Public Library
- WRENN ID
- tall-cornice-snow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Arun
- Constituency
- Worthing West MP: Dr Beccy Cooper (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Library
- Address
- The Public Library, Arundel Road, Angmering, BN16 4JS
- OS grid reference
- TQ 067 044
- Coordinates
- 50.82932, -0.48534
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Public Library was originally the Older School, founded by Sir William Older in 1682 and rebuilt by W G K Gratwicke in 1853, with architecture by S S Teulon. This L-shaped Gothic building is constructed from squared knapped flints, featuring red brick dressings, quoins, and a diaper pattern. It has a slate roof and casement windows. The west wing, likely the original Schoolmaster's house, has two storeys with two windows facing west. It includes a gable displaying the date 1853 and two pointed windows with two lights each. The south front features a tower with a hipped roof and a bell-turret above. To the east, there is an L-shaped wing of one storey, which has three windows facing south and three facing west.
Local climate
The Public Library receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
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- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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