Eccles Central Library
ECCLES CENTRAL LIBRARY, CHURCH STREET
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1162833
- Date first listed:
- 16-Jul-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Eccles Central Library
- Statutory Address:
- ECCLES CENTRAL LIBRARY, CHURCH STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1162833
- Date first listed:
- 16-Jul-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Eccles Central Library
- Statutory Address 1:
- ECCLES CENTRAL LIBRARY, CHURCH 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:
- ECCLES CENTRAL LIBRARY, CHURCH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Salford (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SJ 77580 98512
Details
ECCLES CHURCH STREET SJ 79 NE (south side) 4/5 Eccles Central - Library G.V. II Public library. 1907 with single-storey additions of 1971. By Edward Potts. Brick with terra-cotta dressings and stone slate roof. 4 bays and 2 storeys with a fifth bay set back to right and 1971 additions to rear and left. Mixed Renaissance style. Double-doors in bay 2 with fanlight and an open pediment on Ionic 3/4 columns surrounding a coat of arms. Wide flat pilasters rise to either side to support an enriched cornice and parapet with scrolled coping and enriched panels. Tripartite windows below semi-circular arches with bold radiating voussoirs. Paired first floor windows separated by Ionic columns. An elaborate canted bay window forms a prominent feature with a swag frieze at first floor level and an octagonal belvedere with domed roof set back behind a balustrade. Bay 5, the right return, and rear, all employ similar details but to a lesser degree. The interior consists of a large 2-storey hall with full-height round-arched arcades on each side (2 sides are blind) in front of a first floor-level walkway. Vaulted ceiling with clerestory. Stained glass and some original timber and iron fittings. C20 additions are not of special interest.
Listing NGR: SJ7758098512
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 211938
- 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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