Former Reading room & Library is a Grade II listed building in the Carmarthenshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 24 June 1991. Library.

Former Reading room & Library

WRENN ID
silent-baluster-stoat
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Carmarthenshire
Constituency
Caerfyrddin MP: Ann Davies (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
24 June 1991
Type
Library
Address
Former Reading room & Library, Llandeilo
OS grid reference
SN 629 223
Coordinates
51.88312, -3.99219
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The former reading room and library is a two-storey building constructed of snecked rubble masonry. It features a hipped tiled roof with boarded eaves and paired modillions.

On the first floor, there is a six-pane sash window set under the eaves, framed by stone voussoirs. A stone staircase with iron handrails leads up to a broad depressed arched doorway, which also has stone voussoirs. Above the double doors, there is a radial fanlight with deep round arched moulded panels.

To the right of the entrance, there is a stone tablet commemorating the rebuilding of the structure in 1851.

Local climate

Former Reading room & Library sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,400 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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