British Legion Club and Branch Library is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 August 1983. Club, library.

British Legion Club and Branch Library

WRENN ID
tall-lime-moon
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cotswold
Constituency
North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 August 1983
Type
Club, library
Address
British Legion Club and Branch Library, Bell Lane, Blockley
OS grid reference
SP 164 349
Coordinates
52.0127, -1.76232
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The British Legion Club and Branch Library was founded in 1713 by Reverend Erasmus Saunders and was enlarged and largely rebuilt by Lord Northwick in 1826, as noted on an inscription. The building is two storeys high with a hipped roof, constructed from coursed rubble with ashlar quoins and dressings. Originally built as a village school, the north front features three bays, with the outer bays slightly angled back and a band over the ground floor. The central bay projects slightly and has an open pediment, which contains a lunette window with a flat bracketed label and a panel below inscribed in Latin. There are three doorways below, with the center being a double doorway. The first floor has an asymmetrical window to the right that appears to be contemporary with the 1826 alterations, while to the left is a window on the first floor and double doors below. To the right, there is a door on the first floor and a half-blocked window below.

The east side of the building features two wide bays with tripartite casement windows and a central doorway with an open pedimented stone porch, which serves as the entrance to the library. In 1867, part of the building was adapted to house the village fire engine until 1946.

Local climate

British Legion Club and Branch Library receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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