Leyton Public Library is a Grade II listed building in the Waltham Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 August 1986. Library. 7 related planning applications.

Leyton Public Library

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Waltham Forest
Country
England
Date first listed
1 August 1986
Type
Library
Source
Historic England listing

Description

TQ 38 NE HIGH ROAD Leyton E10 (west side) 2/410 Leyton Public Library 1.8.86

  • II

Public library. Dated 1881. By John Knight. Gault brick, stone dressings; low slate roof with tall slated pavilion roof to corner. Prominent corner site with corner entrance at base of low tower. Victorian eclectric manner. To High Road Leyton: 3 storeys, 5 bays, with lower 2 storey bay to right with further entrance. Corinthian pilastered pedimented doorways. Square-headed artchitraved windows, pedimented to ground floor with incised decoration to lintels. Sashes, plate-glass. Cornices between storeys; main console cornice above second floor. Return elevation to Ruckholt Road with similar decorative treatment but irregular window pattern. Decorative iron-cresting to roofs. Forms part of Leyton Town Hall complex. Included for group value.

Listing NGR: TQ3823486284

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