1908 Extension, University Library, South Street, St Andrews is a Grade B listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 28 April 1959. Library.

1908 Extension, University Library, South Street, St Andrews

WRENN ID
low-hammer-weasel
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Fife
Constituency
North East Fife MP: Wendy Chamberlain (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
28 April 1959
Type
Library
OS grid reference
NO 510 165
Coordinates
56.33854, -2.79367
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The 1908 extension of the University Library in South Street, St Andrews, was designed by architect Sir Robert Lorimer in a Renaissance style. The building is constructed from coursed rubble with ashlar dressings and features a projecting front. At the first floor, there are Ionic pilasters with sculptures on coupled shafts, reminiscent of the New Building at Pembroke College, Cambridge. The top of the building is adorned with a balustrade. There have been alterations and additions made by architect J Donald Mills, as well as later modifications, including a mansard roof, by architects Walker & Pride.

Local climate

1908 Extension, University Library, South Street, St Andrews receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 52% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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