Old Library is a Grade II listed building in the Wrexham local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 23 December 1975. Conservatory.
Old Library
- WRENN ID
- vast-chamber-solstice
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wrexham
- Constituency
- Wrexham MP: Andrew Ranger (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 23 December 1975
- Type
- Conservatory
- Address
- Old Library, Rhosddu
- OS grid reference
- SJ 334 504
- Coordinates
- 53.04703, -2.99358
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Old Library is a 2-storey building constructed in Flemish bond brickwork, featuring an ashlar lower storey and dressings, topped with a graded slate roof. The main block presents a symmetrical five-window range in baroque style. The central bay is emphasized by pilasters leading to a segmental open pediment, which displays a coat of arms. The entrance is set back in a segmental archway with a prominent keystone, topped by a steep pediment supported by heavy brackets. Iron gates enclose the porch area.
The lower storey features arched segmentally arched tripartite small-paned windows, each with keystones and continuous hood moulds. The upper storey has a continuous band of three-light mullioned windows, separated by wider panelled pilasters. The angle pilasters and those defining the central bay are adorned with high relief cartouches beneath a heavy modillion cornice that extends across the central pediment. Atop the roof sits a small square-section cupola. The rear range includes six sash windows arranged in pairs, with a later cross wing extending beyond.
Local climate
Old Library receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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