Library is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 March 1983. Library. 3 related planning applications.
Library
- WRENN ID
- secret-wall-thyme
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Morecambe and Lunesdale MP: Lizzi Collinge (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 March 1983
- Type
- Library
- Address
- Library, Chapel Lane, Kirkby Lonsdale, LA6 2AL
- OS grid reference
- SD 610 786
- Coordinates
- 54.20235, -2.59784
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The building is a library that dates back to 1820 and was originally a Sandemanian chapel. It has two storeys on the east side and one storey on the west side, constructed from coursed rubble with a slate roof and two chimneys. The building features quoins and has blind gable ends. On each side, there are three round-headed windows with plain stone surrounds, keystones, and impost blocks. Two of the windows on the east side still have their glazing bars. There is a similar doorway facing Chapel Lane, which is now concealed by a 20th-century porch. The doorway includes a radiating fanlight and a door made of six raised and fielded panels. The ground floor on the east side has two sash windows and two doors, also of six raised and fielded panels.
Local climate
Library sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,350 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- 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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