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Essex County Library

A Grade II Listed Building in Braintree, Essex

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.8802 / 51°52'48"N

Longitude: 0.5541 / 0°33'14"E

OS Eastings: 575893

OS Northings: 223267

OS Grid: TL758232

Mapcode National: GBR PHX.2WW

Mapcode Global: VHJJJ.K08G

Plus Code: 9F32VHJ3+3J

Entry Name: Essex County Library

Listing Date: 29 November 1973

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1122493

English Heritage Legacy ID: 113729

ID on this website: 101122493

Location: Braintree, Essex, CM7

County: Essex

District: Braintree

Electoral Ward/Division: Bocking Blackwater

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Braintree

Traditional County: Essex

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Essex

Church of England Parish: Bocking St Peter

Church of England Diocese: Chelmsford

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Description


COGGESHALL ROAD
1.
885
(North Side)
BRAINTREE

Essex County Library
TL 7523 1/234
II
2.
A late C19 grey gault brick building originally built as a County Court and
now used as a Library, Stucco fronted with a parapet and cornice on paired
console brackets. 1 storey. 3 window range, double-hung sashes with margin
glazing bars, in stucco architraves, with cornices on console brackets. A moulded
stucco stringcourse runs at window sill level, on console brackets under the
windows. Each end breaks forward slightly, with a doorway on the east end and
a window on the west end, set in rusticated semi-circular arches, with alternate
voussoirs vermiculated.


Listing NGR: TL7589323267

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