Public Library, Rosemount Viaduct, Aberdeen is a Grade C listed building in the Aberdeen City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 19 March 1984. Library. 1 related planning application.

Public Library, Rosemount Viaduct, Aberdeen

WRENN ID
buried-string-nettle
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Aberdeen City
Constituency
Aberdeen South MP: Douglas Lumsden (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
19 March 1984
Type
Library
Address
Public Library, Rosemount Viaduct, Aberdeen, AB25 1GW
OS grid reference
NJ 936 063
Coordinates
57.14798, -2.10588
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Public Library on Rosemount Viaduct in Aberdeen was designed by George Watt of Brown & Watt and built between 1891 and 1892. This two-storey building features a basement and a tall roof topped with a central cupola. Its architectural style is Renaissance, clearly influenced by James Sellars of Glasgow. The lamp standards outside are castings by Walter Macfarlane, designed to match Sellars' style.

Local climate

Public Library, Rosemount Viaduct, Aberdeen receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 82% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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