Description

The following building shall be added:

EDMONTON FORE STREET
TQ 3493 (west side)
790-/14/10007 Edmonton Public
Library and attached
gates

II

Passmore Edwards library. 1897, by Maurice B. Adams. Extension
to rear of 1931 in a sympathetic style by the engineer of
Edmonton Borough Council, Cuthbert Brown. Red brick in Flemish
bond with stone dressings and hipped roof of slate. Three
storeys and three-window range. Symmetrical elevation
dominated by a projecting entrance bay in stone with stacked
orders and segmental gable to parapet; bay to each side
terminates in a scroll Dutch gable. Diocletian windows to
ground floor, flanking entrance, flat arched above and
segmental to gable. Unusual angle buttresses to outer corners,
that to left with elaborate floral carving. Left return of
three windows with Dutch gable to centre, stepping down to
single storey wing of 1931 with entrance in stone aedicule.
Right return repeats motifs found on the front elevation. An
inspection carried out in 1990 noted the survival of two
relief portrait plaques in the entrance vestibule by George
Frampton ARA, of 1898. These were paid for by a separate
endowment from Edwards and depict John Keats and Charles Lamb,
both local residents at one time. Few interior features of
distinction with the exception of the entrance hall; the rear
extension has columns and a coffered ceiling which are also
worthjof note. Metal gates of an original design to the
entrance porch.

Listing NGR: TQ3422593103

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q27082574

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Recommended Books

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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)