Library at Sherborne School is a Grade I listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 November 1950. A C13 Library. 1 related planning application.

Library at Sherborne School

WRENN ID
iron-kitchen-honey
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 November 1950
Type
Library
Address
Library at Sherborne School, Abbey Road, DT9 3AP
OS grid reference
ST 637 165
Coordinates
50.94685, -2.5172
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Library at Sherborne School, dating from around the 13th century, likely incorporates Saxon remains from the north-west transepts of the Abbey at its southern end. This two-storey building originally included a cellarer's range below and an Abbey Guest Hall above, featuring a 15th-century roof. The east face is divided into eight bays by wall shafts from the late 14th century cloister. Notable medieval features include a staircase at the south-east angle, a 13th-century one-light window, six 15th-century windows, and part of the open timber roof. The school acquired the building in 1851, and it has undergone many alterations since then. The Library is part of a group of buildings surrounding the greens immediately to the north of the Abbey Church of St Mary, forming a cohesive ensemble with the church itself.

Local climate

Library at Sherborne School receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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