Durning Library is a Grade II listed building in the Lambeth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 March 1981. Library. 8 related planning applications.

Durning Library

WRENN ID
keen-chamber-equinox
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lambeth
Country
England
Date first listed
27 March 1981
Type
Library
Source
Historic England listing

Description

KENNINGTON LANE SE11 1. (south side) 5023 No 167 (Durning Library) 5/502

II

  1. 1889 by Sidney Smith. Gothic Revival with North Italian and Flemish attributes. Tall, narrow building of 3 storeys, attic and basement; 2 bays at right and a tower bay, of 4 storeys and basement under tall pyramidal roof, at left. Fareham red brick with dressings of different stones. Very steeply pitched slated roof with tall chimneys. Elaborate facade with mixture of Gothic, Tudor and Renaissance motifs. Projecting open arcaded ground floor with balustrade and set back left and central entrances. Tile and terra-cotta decoration above arcade. Second floor oriel on elaborate corbel has highly decorated gable above, and a griffin rests on a corbelled bracket below.

Listing NGR: TQ3130278353

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