St Barnabas Library

The following building shall be added to the list;

LEICESTER ST BARNABAS ROAD SK 60 NW 15/10030 St Barnabas Library II Public library. 1937. Designed by Symington, Prince & Pike. Reinforced concrete with red brick cladding. Brick plinth. Moderne style. Single storey, with a tall circular clerestorey central hall. Entrance, to French Street, has recessed curved entrance with projecting porch. Eitherside single 3-light cross casements, outer projecting wings have strips of narrow windows each with 3 casements. Set-back rotunda has very tall casement windows. St Barnabas Road front has central door with flanking strips of 2 casements on eitherside. To the right a tall circular stack to the former boiler-room. All corners are curved, and all walls topped with concrete coping. Interior retains original built in bookshelves, doors, stepped coving, banded columns and glazed roof lights.

Listing NGR: SK6113005139