Public Library

The Public Library in Lancaster, built in 1932, is designed in the Neo-Georgian style for the Borough of Lancaster. It features sandstone ashlar with channelled rustication on the ground floor and entrance bay, topped by a slate roof. The building has a deep rectangular plan that connects at the rear to the Children's Library on New Street. It is two storeys high with three main bays, distinguished by a moulded band between the storeys, a first-floor sill band, and a cornice with a blocking course.

The entrance bay, located towards the left, slightly projects from the main facade. To its left, there is a small ground floor window with a blank wall above. The doorway features a flat arch with a triple keystone, and above it is a panel carved with the words 'PUBLIC LIBRARY' in raised lettering, flanked by fasces. This is set beneath an open segmental pediment supported by engaged Tuscan columns. Above the doorway is a window with a moulded architrave and cornice. The date '1932' is inscribed below the main cornice, and the blocking course rises into a tall panelled die decorated with an urn.

To the right of the entrance, there are two windows on each storey. The ground floor windows have round heads and are slightly recessed under round-headed arches with decorated keystones, while the first-floor windows mirror the style of the window above the doorway. The right end of the facade is slightly recessed and contains a service doorway on the ground floor, which is topped by a flat arch with a panelled keystone.

Inside, the main library hall, located behind the front block, is a single-storey space featuring a barrel-vaulted ceiling and a rooflight.