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Latitude: 51.5297 / 51°31'46"N
Longitude: 0.0256 / 0°1'32"E
OS Eastings: 540605
OS Northings: 183144
OS Grid: TQ406831
Mapcode National: GBR LS.C40
Mapcode Global: VHHNB.DTD6
Plus Code: 9F32G2HG+V6
Entry Name: Passmore Edwards Library
Listing Date: 3 April 2000
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1380225
English Heritage Legacy ID: 479952
ID on this website: 101380225
Location: Plaistow, Newham, London, E13
County: London
District: Newham
Electoral Ward/Division: Plaistow North
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Newham
Traditional County: Essex
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London
Church of England Parish: Plaistow and North Canning TownThe Divine Compassion
Church of England Diocese: Chelmsford
Tagged with: Public library Library building
TQ 48 SW
251/4/10053
03-APR-00
STIRLING ROAD
Plaistow
(North side)
Passmore Edwards Library
NORTH STREET
Plaistow
(East side)
Passmore Edwards Library
II
Public Library. 1902 by Samuel Bridgman Russell for the benefactor Passmore Edwards. Stock London brick with red brick principal fronts laid in English bond with stone detailing; roofs clad with bituminous felt. Cruciform plan.
EXTERIOR: entrance front to west of one storey. Tripartite elevation defined by projecting canted piers with stone banding, each with one concave surface. Dado of glazed red tiles. Centre bay with high arched cornice with modillions under which is full-height projecting stone centrepiece containing doorway and an upper 3-light transomed window. Heavily rusticated quadrant surround. Moulded panel over door with inscription: PASSMORE EDWARDS/PVBLIC LIBRARY. Triple keystone over upper window. Side bays each with 3 centre-hung one-light casements. Modillion cornice and low parapet with stone coping. Flat roof with central dome.
South and north fronts of similar design, with the centrepiece replaced by a single 3-light double transomed window set within a rusticated projecting surround.
INTERIOR: central glazed dome with cast-iron ribs carried on plain pendentives with a pulvinated string course with foliage carving. Pendentives drop to Corinthian entablatures supported on 4 panelled square piers, creating square secondary areas in the 4 corners with flat ceilings. Cruciform arms under segmental barrel vaults. Timber partitioning on south side added c. 1970, remainder of partitioning of 1989.
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