HOVE PUBLIC LIBRARY
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1298670
- Date first listed:
- 02-Nov-1992
- Statutory Address:
- HOVE PUBLIC LIBRARY, 182, CHURCH ROAD
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Location
- Statutory Address:
- HOVE PUBLIC LIBRARY, 182, CHURCH ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- The City of Brighton and Hove (Unitary Authority)
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 28478 04787
Details
HOVE
TQ2804NW CHURCH ROAD
579-1/16/35 (South side)
No.182
Hove Public Library
GV II
Public Library. 1907, cupola removed 1967. Architects Percy
Robinson and W.Alban Jones of Leeds. Wrenaissance style.
Ashlar Doultine stone, roof covering concealed behind
balustraded parapet.
Plan: flat facade to octagonal hall opening south onto
radiating bays, west through 3-bay arcade to reading room and
east through similar arcade to staircase giving access to
rotunda.
Two storeys, 3-bay main block with lower one bay wing left
(east). The facade is embellished with some fine carving in
low relief. Central open pediment with round-arched opening
carried on Ionic columns, carving in pediment, recessed, tall
round-headed window with fixed lights fronted by wrought-iron
balcony; 3 circular windows on either side divided by carved
fascias, linked above and below by ribbons and garlands,
ground floor 3 square-headed windows flanking entrance under
egg-and-dart moulded entablature with cherubs' heads as
capitals. Carved panel over entrance inscribed Public Library,
flanked by reading cherubs, Ionic columns, recessed entrance
with half-glazed double doors. To the left the service
entrance: 2 small windows first floor, semicircular panel over
entrance carved with cherubs, double doors.
Interior: full of spatial interest, also plasterwork detailing
and moulded compartment ceilings with ornamented shallow dome
to rotunda. The original painted texts advocating economy and
the acquisition of knowledge have been removed. There was also
an open air reading garden on the roof of the library when it
first opened.
The erection of this library was made possible by a donation
from Andrew Carnegie in 1903. Of the many public libraries
erected in the years prior to the First World War, this has
one of the most attractive facades.
(Middleton J: A History of Hove: 1979-).
Listing NGR: TQ2847804787
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 365513
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Middleton, J, A History of Hove, (1979)
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
End of official listing
