Wiltshire County Library is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 July 1976. Library. 1 related planning application.
Wiltshire County Library
- WRENN ID
- narrow-transept-moon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 July 1976
- Type
- Library
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Wiltshire County Library, built around 1904, was a gift from Andrew Carnegie. It is constructed of coursed, squared limestone rubble with limestone dressings, and has a slate hipped roof. The building follows a single-depth plan with a rear wing, demonstrating an eclectic combination of Tudor and Jacobean Revival architectural styles.
The main façade is a single storey and two windows wide. It is divided by octagonal, panelled pilasters topped with onion finials. Features include a plinth, cornice and parapet with curved, sunken, cusped panels. The right-hand bay is narrow. The entrance is on the left, flanked by buttresses with foliate carved corbels and raised finials. The round-arched entrance has raised voussoirs, foliate carved spandrels, a recessed two-leaf door, a panel above reading "PUBLIC LIBRARY" in raised lettering, and a cartouche in the gable displaying the Wiltshire coat of arms with winged cupids. The windows are stone-mullioned and transomed, with ovolo-moulded frames and nine-pane upper sashes. A crested ridge has end finials. The rear, five-bay range includes lunettes.
Inside, details include an arch-braced truss roof.
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
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