Public Library is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 April 1986. Library.
Public Library
- WRENN ID
- eternal-panel-rowan
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- South Cotswolds MP: Dr Roz Savage (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 April 1986
- Type
- Library
- Address
- Public Library, High Street, Purton
- OS grid reference
- SU 093 877
- Coordinates
- 51.58853, -1.86654
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The building is a public library, originally constructed as a Workmen's Institute between 1879 and 1880 for James Sadler. It is made of squared coursed limestone rubble with ashlar dressings and features a slate roof. The structure has three storeys and three bays, with a gabled three-storey front wing that contains the entrance and stair, as well as a caretaker's dwelling attached to the rear.
The entrance door is located in the front wing and is set under a carved canopy supported by columns. The windows have cambered moulded heads and timber paned frames. The stair gable is adorned with quatrefoils made from stone salvaged from a former school house on the site, inscribed with the names Miriam Stevens, M. STEVENS, 1779, and J.S. & A.M.S. 1879. A clock face is positioned in the pediment, and the right end of the building features a large ground floor bow window. Additionally, there is a bell turret with a timber balustrade and wind vane. This building occupies an important pivotal point in the centre of Purton.
Local climate
Public Library receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% 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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