Central Library and Rear Extension, Hartlepool
Description: Central Library and Rear Extension
Grade: II
Date Listed: 9 March 1985
English Heritage Building ID: 432356
OS Grid Reference: NZ5096632587
OS Grid Coordinates: 450966, 532587
Latitude/Longitude: 54.6858, -1.2110
Location: Stockton Street, Hartlepool TS24 8EZ
Locality: Hartlepool
Local Authority: Hartlepool
County: Durham
Country: England
Postcode: TS24 8EZ
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Listing Text
HARTLEPOOL CLARENCE ROAD
NZ 5032
(east side)
10/61 Central Library and
rear extension
9.3.85
G.V. II
Public Library and former newsroom; 1894 on plaque in west gable; by J.W.
Brown, Borough Engineer. Rear extension of 1914 by N.F. Dennis, Borough
Engineer. Red brick with ornamental terracotta dressings and plain clay
tiled roofs, each with 2 ventilation lanterns to ridge. 'L' plan with
principal front of library facing Clarence Street (north); former newsroom
faces Clarence Road (west). Northern Renaissance style. 2 storeys to
library; balanced asymmetry. First-floor windows are separated by simple
½-lozenge pilaster strips continued through parapet to diminutive urn
finials. Ornamented 3-centred arched heads to windows in gable end.
Dentilled eaves cornice and first-floor sill string. Shaped gables to front
and gable end, the latter having circular window. Single-storey 6-bay
newsroom has doorway in left bay, with 4-panelled double doors and fanlight
with glazing bars, under round-arched opening in pilaster-and-entablature
surround having swan-neck pediment with urn finial. Bays defined in parapet
by ½-lozenge pilaster strips with urn finials. Dentilled eaves cornice.
3-centred-arched windows. All windows are transomed or cross windows, in
architraves.
Listing NGR: NZ5096632587
Source: English Heritage
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