Public Library
PUBLIC LIBRARY, MARKET STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1194972
- Date first listed:
- 13-Mar-1995
- List Entry Name:
- Public Library
- Statutory Address:
- PUBLIC LIBRARY, MARKET STREET
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- Reference:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1194972
- Date first listed:
- 13-Mar-1995
- List Entry Name:
- Public Library
- Statutory Address 1:
- PUBLIC LIBRARY, MARKET 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:
- PUBLIC LIBRARY, MARKET STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Lancashire
- District:
- Lancaster (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SD 47613 61753
Details
LANCASTER
SD4761NE MARKET STREET 1685-1/7/177 (North side) Public Library
GV II
Public library. 1932. Built for the Borough of Lancaster in the Neo-Georgian style. Sandstone ashlar, with channelled rustication to the ground floor and entrance bay, and a slate roof. Deep rectangular plan which links at the rear with the Children's Library on New Street (qv). 2 storeys and 3 main bays with a moulded band between the storeys, a first-floor sill band, and a cornice with blocking course. The entrance bay, towards the left, projects slightly; to its left is a small window on the ground floor, with blank walling above. The doorway has a flat arch with a triple keystone, above which is a panel carved with the words 'PUBLIC LIBRARY' in raised lettering and flanked by fasces; it is placed under an open segmental pediment carried on engaged Tuscan columns. Above is a window with moulded architrave and a cornice. Below the main cornice is the date '1932'; the blocking course rises into a tall panelled die which is decorated with an urn. To the right of the entrance there are 2 windows on each storey: those on the ground floor have round heads and are slightly recessed under round-headed arches with decorated keystones; those on the first floor are like that above the doorway. The right-hand end of the facade is recessed slightly and contains on the ground floor a service doorway under a flat arch with a panelled keystone. INTERIOR: the main library hall (behind the front block) is a single-storey space with a barrel-vaulted ceiling and rooflight.
Listing NGR: SD4761361753
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 383210
- 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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