Southfields Branch Library And Attached Former Child Welfare Clinic

Southfields Branch Library and the attached former Child Welfare Clinic is a public library and clinic built in 1939, designed by Symington, Prince & Pike. The structure is made of reinforced concrete with red brick cladding and features a brick plinth.

In a Moderne style, the building is single storey with a complex trilobe plan, highlighted by a tall circular clerestorey central hall. The entrance, located on Attlee Way, features a central entrance with stepped sides and a concrete canopy, flanked by large casement windows. The curved corners to the west and northeast include central doors and strips of casement windows with banded brickwork below. The clinic entrance on the southeast has a recessed doorway with curved sides, and above it is a recessed upper floor with double doors.

Inside, the library retains some original features such as built-in bookshelves, doors, stepped coving, banded columns, and glazed roofs.