The Carnegie Library, Kings Lynn
Description: The Carnegie Library
Grade: II
Date Listed: 20 April 1982
English Heritage Building ID: 384269
OS Grid Reference: TF6207919728
OS Grid Coordinates: 562079, 319728
Latitude/Longitude: 52.7509, 0.4000
Location: A148, King's Lynn, Norfolk PE30 5DF
Locality: Kings Lynn
Local Authority: King's Lynn and West Norfolk
County: Norfolk
Country: England
Postcode: PE30 5DF
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Listing Text
KING'S LYNN
TF6219NW ST JAMES' ROAD
610-1/10/136 The Carnegie Library
20/04/82
(Formerly Listed as:
LONDON ROAD
(West side)
The Carnegie Library)
GV II
Library. 1904 by HJ Green. Cut carstone, red brick, terracotta
dressings. Plain tiled roofs. Paid for by public subscription
to which Andrew Carnegie largely contributed and who attended
opening 18 May 1905. Large, fan-shaped island block. Gothic
style with Arts and Crafts influence. 3-storey tower at angle
forms entrance porch entered through an arch reached by flight
of steps. Above is a panel bearing inscription: Public
Library. Above this is a canted oriel with an enriched soffit,
cusped lights and crenellations. Parapet to tower also
crenellated, with polygonal clasping buttresses. One-storey
abutting wings have Gothic rampart parapets containing
inscribed terracotta tablets with the names of authors.
Fenestration of 2- and 3-light transomed casements with cusped
lights. Between windows stepped buttresses rise over parapet.
Listing NGR: TF6207919728
Source: English Heritage
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