Public Library is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 February 1975. Library. 4 related planning applications.
Public Library
- WRENN ID
- pitched-casement-amber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Harrogate and Knaresborough MP: Tom Gordon (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 February 1975
- Type
- Library
- Address
- Public Library, Victoria Avenue, Harrogate, HG1 1EG
- OS grid reference
- SE 303 550
- Coordinates
- 53.99102, -1.53864
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Public Library, built around 1904 by H T Hare, is designed in the "Bankers' Georgian" style. It has two storeys and a semi-basement, featuring a two-bay front. The exterior is constructed of rusticated sandstone ashlar. The main bay is distinguished by two giant attached Ionic columns that rise from a basement podium, supporting an entablature with a blocking course and a centerpiece.
In the central aedicular window, which is set in an arched recess, there are coved reveals and a shell treatment on the arch, complete with a head on the keystone and flanking swags. Above the window cornice, there is a cartouche displaying the arms of Harrogate, flanked by seated putti. The basement features a wide segmental arched window. The entrance includes an architraved doorway with block dressings, keys, a cornice, and a lunette above, flanked by female allegorical figures. A plaque in the frieze of the main entablature is inscribed "Carnegie Library." A later extension was planned for the east end but was never built.
Local climate
Public Library receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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 — 4 applications
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