County Branch Library
COUNTY BRANCH LIBRARY, QUEEN STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1032822
- Date first listed:
- 07-Sept-1981
- List Entry Name:
- County Branch Library
- Statutory Address:
- COUNTY BRANCH LIBRARY, QUEEN STREET
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- Reference:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1032822
- Date first listed:
- 07-Sept-1981
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 18-Dec-1987
- List Entry Name:
- County Branch Library
- Statutory Address 1:
- COUNTY BRANCH LIBRARY, QUEEN STREET
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- COUNTY BRANCH LIBRARY, QUEEN STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Suffolk
- District:
- Mid Suffolk (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Stradbroke
- National Grid Reference:
- TM 23127 74023
Details
TM 27 SW
8/121
STRADBROKE,
QUEEN STREET
County Branch Library
(Formerly listed under QUEEN'S STREET.
Previously listed as The Old Court House)
7.9.81
GV II
Former corn hall, now converted into a branch library. 1854. Red brick with
white brick facade and pilaster strips. Slated roof with overhanging boarded
eaves, the front gable treated as a pediment with a moulded cornice. 3-bay
gable facade, divided by brick pilasters with moulded caps; clasping pilasters
at the angles. Inset sash windows with glazing bars, flat brick arches.
Central double-recessed arched doorway, now bricked up and with a small mid
C20 window. 4-bay sides divided by pilaster strips, the 3rd bay on the right
altered to form a mid C20 entrance. 2 white brick stacks.
Listing NGR: TM2312774023
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 280241
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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