Lending Library is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 June 1976. Library. 3 related planning applications.
Lending Library
- WRENN ID
- south-spire-curlew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- South West Wiltshire MP: Dr Andrew Murrison (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 June 1976
- Type
- Library
- Address
- Lending Library, Hill Street, Trowbridge, BA14 8LD
- OS grid reference
- ST 854 580
- Coordinates
- 51.32154, -2.21078
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Lending Library, built in 1913, is a Grade II listed building located on Hill Street. This three-storey mansion, which also has a cellar, is designed in the Bankers' Georgian style and resembles Nos 46 and 64 Fore Street. Originally the headquarters of Usher's Brewery, it later served as Council Offices. The building is constructed of brick with a rustic stone basement and features stone dressings.
Architectural highlights include a second-floor cill band, a modillion cornice, and a balustrade. The structure has two bays that are set back from the main four-bay section. The entrance features a full-height bow with a rusticated Ionic doorcase and a segmental hood. The rusticated doorway has quadrant recessed jambs and a semi-circular overlight. Above the entrance is a tripartite window with rusticated columns supporting a pedimented centre light, while a similar tripartite window on the second floor has a Gibbs surround. The second floor has casement windows with eared architraves, and the first and ground floors feature Gibbs surrounds, with the first floor having segmental hoods and the ground floor a pedimented design.
Local climate
Lending Library receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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