County Library and No 8 is a Grade II listed building in the Torridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 February 1973. Library, house.
County Library and No 8
- WRENN ID
- dusted-alcove-myrtle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Torridge
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 February 1973
- Type
- Library, house
- Address
- County Library and No 8, the Quay, Northam
- OS grid reference
- SS 465 304
- Coordinates
- 51.05275, -4.19114
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No 8 and the County Library are located on The Quay in Appledore. The building dates from the 18th century or early 19th century and has been altered. It is two stories high and features three windows, including a wing set at the back of the garden. The structure is made of stone, with some parts rendered. Most windows are casement style, except for a two-light sash window on the first floor. The main part of the building, No 8, is set back and has casement windows on each floor, with an additional small casement window on the first floor above the garage. The County Library, which is a separate building, has one window on each floor, both two-light, with a stone structure and a rendered front. It also features a six-panel door with a fanlight to the left. All the listed buildings on The Quay are part of a group.
Local climate
County Library and No 8 sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 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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