CHESHUNT PUBLIC LIBRARY

List Entry Summary

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.

Name: CHESHUNT PUBLIC LIBRARY

List entry Number: 1100575

Location

CHESHUNT PUBLIC LIBRARY, TURNERS HILL

The building may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County: Hertfordshire

District: Broxbourne

District Type: District Authority

Parish:

National Park: Not applicable to this List entry.

Grade: II

Date first listed: 08-Nov-1983

Date of most recent amendment: Not applicable to this List entry.

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Legacy System: LBS

UID: 157373

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List entry Description

Summary of Building

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History

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Details

1. 5251 CHESHUNT TURNERS HILL (east side) Cheshunt Cheshunt Public Library TL 30SE : 5/45

II

2. 1907 by J Myrtle Smith. Good example of Wren revival. 1965 projecting side wings in same style and materials. Red brick, stone dressings. Gabled centre block has ground floor Roman Doric loggia with 2 columns, curved interior walls and niches in side walls. Upper floor arched, leaded window set in coved arch and having pedestal carved with armorial plaque, fruit swags and winged cherubs. Open pediment cornice with paired mutules. Hexagonal cupola with ogee copper dome and wrought iron weathervane. Mullioned and transomed ground floor casements, repeated in 4-window extensions.

Listing NGR: TL3601701955

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National Grid Reference: TL 36017 01955

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