Library, East End, West Calder is a Grade B listed building in the West Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 23 January 1989. Public library. 3 related planning applications.
Library, East End, West Calder
- WRENN ID
- bitter-marble-hyssop
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- West Lothian
- Constituency
- Livingston MP: Gregor Poynton (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 23 January 1989
- Type
- Public library
- Address
- Library, East End, West Calder, EH55 8BQ
- OS grid reference
- NT 019 632
- Coordinates
- 55.85213, -3.56811
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The building is a public library located in the East End of West Calder, designed by William Baillie of Glasgow in 1903. It stands on an open site and features three front elevations, two of which are nearly symmetrical. The architectural style is a blend of Renaissance with Art Nouveau detailing, using contrasting grey and red ashlar. The windows predominantly have small-paned upper sashes.
The library is mainly a single-storey structure, but due to the sloping site, it has a two-storey elevation on the East End, which includes a central doorway and two outer canted windows that are also two-storey. The left return elevation, which consists of three bays, features the main entrance with an arched doorway and sidelights set in the centre gable at an upper level, flanked by Venetian windows. The building is topped with gabled slate roofs.
Local climate
Library, East End, West Calder sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 53 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 31 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
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