Carnegie Public Library, Sinclair Terrace, Wick is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 September 1983. Library. 2 related planning applications.
Carnegie Public Library, Sinclair Terrace, Wick
- WRENN ID
- other-plinth-marsh
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Highland
- Constituency
- Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross MP: Jamie Stone (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 14 September 1983
- Type
- Library
- Address
- Carnegie Public Library, Sinclair Terrace, Wick, KW1 5AB
- OS grid reference
- ND 362 507
- Coordinates
- 58.44028, -3.09386
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Carnegie Public Library, located on Sinclair Terrace in Wick, was designed by Leadbetter & Fairley and built between 1895 and 1898. The building features an ashlar canted frontage, with harled walls and raised ashlar dressings elsewhere. It stands two storeys high and has five bays facing Sinclair Terrace, along with a wide single bay on Cliff Road that includes two ground floor windows.
At the canted angle, there is a projecting semi-circular porch supported by polished granite columns, with Venetian windows above. A semi-octagonal stair turret projects towards Cliff Road. The tall hall window on Sinclair Terrace has a Gibbs surround and is adorned with plate glass art nouveau glazing. The first floor features two-light windows with segmental pediments, one facing Cliff Road and two facing Sinclair Terrace.
The north elevation includes a two-storey projecting canted bay, and clasping pilasters are present at the outer angles. The building is topped with a modillioned cornice and a red tile roof, which features a small octagonal cupola with a leaded bell-cast roof. Inside, there is an irregular hexagonal entrance hall with a curved flight of stairs leading to a first floor balcony or landing.
Local climate
Carnegie Public Library, Sinclair Terrace, Wick receives an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 74% 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 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% 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 0.2°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 — 2 applications
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- Radon risk assessment
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