County Library is a Grade II listed building in the Stroud local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 June 1974. Library. 1 related planning application.
County Library
- WRENN ID
- silent-lime-hawk
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stroud
- Constituency
- Stroud MP: Dr Simon Opher (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 June 1974
- Type
- Library
- Address
- County Library, Lansdown, GL5 1BB
- OS grid reference
- SO 851 053
- Coordinates
- 51.74651, -2.21594
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The County Library, built in 1873 and altered in 1888, was designed by architect William Clissold and originally served as a Grammar School. The building is constructed of ashlar and features a pitched slate roof. It has three storeys, with a prominent two-storey central bay topped by a traceried parapet. The first floor has mullioned windows, while the ground floor includes a door with a hoodmould and stiffleaf label stops. On either side of the central bay, there is one range of mullioned windows, with arched heads on the ground and second floors, and polychrome relieving arches above. Each gable has a portrait bust set in a quatrefoil roundel. A square bell-cote is positioned diagonally on the roof, topped with a tiled fleche. Flanking the central bay are stairs with ashlar gate piers and iron gates. At each end of the building, there are two-storey projections with lean-to roofs, each featuring one window with polychrome relieving arches.
Local climate
County Library receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 50% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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