Carnegie Public Library, 19 Corn Exchange Road, Stirling is a Grade B listed building in the Stirling local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 4 November 1965. Library.

Carnegie Public Library, 19 Corn Exchange Road, Stirling

WRENN ID
western-banister-jet
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Stirling
Constituency
Stirling and Strathallan MP: Chris Kane (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
4 November 1965
Type
Library
Address
Carnegie Public Library, 19 Corn Exchange Road, Stirling, FK8 2HX
OS grid reference
NS 795 933
Coordinates
56.11792, -3.93917
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Carnegie Public Library, located at 19 Corn Exchange Road in Stirling, was designed by H Ramsay Taylor from Edinburgh in 1904 and showcases an Early Renaissance style. The building is tall, featuring a single storey and a basement, constructed from rubble with mullioned and transomed windows. A notable architectural element is the two-storey circular corner tower topped with a conical roof, along with elaborate parapets and dormer heads. The central section of the library is three storeys high with an attic and a pavilion roof, while the northern section is two storeys tall with three windows and dormer heads. The entrance is highlighted by an Ionic columned doorpiece, and the roofs are slated.

Local climate

Carnegie Public Library, 19 Corn Exchange Road, Stirling sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,100 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 33 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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