St Roque's Library, Blackscroft, Dundee is a Grade B listed building in the Dundee City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 4 February 1965. Library. 1 related planning application.
St Roque's Library, Blackscroft, Dundee
- WRENN ID
- proud-arch-larch
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Dundee City
- Constituency
- Dundee Central MP: Chris Law (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 4 February 1965
- Type
- Library
- Address
- St Roque's Library, Blackscroft, Dundee, DD4 6AT
- OS grid reference
- NO 408 307
- Coordinates
- 56.46493, -2.96164
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
St Roque's Library in Blackscroft, Dundee, is a small, symmetrical single-storey building made of ashlar, designed by James Thomson and possibly draughted by William Careless in 1910. It is situated in a triangular formal garden on a gusset site. The library features three bays on its north and west frontages, with channelled angle pilasters and a central baroque arch that contains a broken pedimented aedicular Ionic doorpiece, along with an inscription above it on the west side, and an architraved doorpiece on the north side. There are architraved cross windows on either side, which are fitted with leaded glass. The building has an entablature, a dentil cornice, and a balustrade with a stepped swagged panelled centrepiece, although the balustrade is missing from the west elevation.
On the southeast elevation, there are three similar windows, a blind basement, and the balustrade is also missing. The east elevation is a blank wall made of rubble. The garden features a balustraded terrace, with wrought-iron railings and overthrow gates positioned between stone piers, including a hollow chamfered pier at the gusset. The interior has been altered due to its conversion into a nightclub and the effects of a fire.
Local climate
St Roque's Library, Blackscroft, Dundee receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 53 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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