The Carnegie Library is a Grade II listed building in the King0s Lynn and West Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 April 1982. Library.
The Carnegie Library
- WRENN ID
- lost-obsidian-larch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- King0s Lynn and West Norfolk
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 April 1982
- Type
- Library
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 27 November 2023 to amend the name, address and reformat the text to current standards
TF6219NW 20/04/82
KING'S LYNN LONDON ROAD Kings Lynn Library
(Formerly listed as ST JAMES' ROAD The Carnegie Library, previously Listed as: LONDON ROAD (West side) The Carnegie Library)
20/04/82
GV II
Library. 1904 by HJ Green. Cut carstone, red brick, terracotta dressings. Plain tiled roofs. Paid for by public subscription to which Andrew Carnegie largely contributed and who attended opening 18 May 1905. Large, fan-shaped island block. Gothic style with Arts and Crafts influence. Three-storey tower at angle forms entrance porch entered through an arch reached by flight of steps. Above is a panel bearing inscription: Public Library. Above this is a canted oriel with an enriched soffit, cusped lights and crenellations. Parapet to tower also crenellated, with polygonal clasping buttresses. One-storey abutting wings have Gothic rampart parapets containing inscribed terracotta tablets with the names of authors. Fenestration of two- and three-light transomed casements with cusped lights. Between windows stepped buttresses rise over parapet.
Listing NGR: TF6207919728
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