Northern Branch Library

The Northern Branch Library, located on Beverley Road in Kingston upon Hull, is a public library built in 1894 by H.A. Cheers of Twickenham. The building is constructed of brick with ashlar dressings and features a slate roof with a single gable and octagonal corner stacks. It has a plinth that was rebuilt in the late 20th century, along with sill and impost bands, string courses, a coped parapet, and gables.

The left wing includes a large square louvred roof ventilator, while the central block and right wing have smaller square domed turret ventilators. The library is designed with one and two storeys, with the central block being two storeys tall and flanked by projecting gabled wings. The central block features a projecting through-eaves dormer with a three-light stone mullioned cross casement. The gable displays the inscription "Public Library" in raised lettering. Below this, there is a substantial gabled brick porch with a shouldered arched opening, flanked by partly reglazed transomed windows.

In the right return angle, there is a two-storey octagonal stair turret with two transomed single lancet windows and a crenellated parapet topped with a spire. The right wing has a transomed three-light window with a cornice on each floor. The left return angle features a square single-storey projection with a crenellated parapet. The left gable has square flanking buttresses topped with square-domed traceried turrets. A central three-light stone mullioned cross casement is set in a moulded arched opening, accompanied by small flanking buttresses topped with gabled niches, and a coat of arms in the tympanum. The polychrome gable peak includes a traceried panel at the top. The left return to St Hilda Street has a central gable with a four-light stone mullioned cross casement, flanked by single-storey projections with parapets and four-light transomed casements.