Public House Public Library is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1975. Public library.

Public House Public Library

WRENN ID
forgotten-chimney-pine
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Taunton and Wellington MP: Gideon Amos (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 July 1975
Type
Public library
Address
Public House Public Library, Corporation Street, Taunton
OS grid reference
ST 226 244
Coordinates
51.01446, -3.10444
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This public library, located on Corporation Street, was built in 1904 by Colbourne, Little and Goodson and extended in 1913 in a similar style. It is designed in the Neo-Tudor style and features two storeys constructed from red sandstone with pale dressings. The building has a parapet with a central gable and diamond motifs suspended from the capping. There is some imitation corbelling, and the façade includes three main windows with five mullioned lights, separated by smaller openings. Above the entrance is a central oriel window. The ground floor is supported by paired buttresses, and there are five-light windows on either side, divided by single lights. The entrance features an ogee moulded top and double wooden doors, while a canted bay extends through both storeys to the right. The extensions from 1911 are also included in the design. This building is part of a group of listed buildings in Bath Place and Corporation Street, with the exception of No 34 and the Dragon Book Shop and Wall.

Local climate

Public House Public Library receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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