Westerkirk Parish Library, Bentpath

Built 1860. Rural library with major book collection.

Building has simplified Gothic detailing to openings.

Rectangular-plan; single storey; 3 bays (bipartite windows);

tall 2-light S gable window with cinquefoil; recessed low

reading room to N with gabled porch projecting E from

re-entrant angle (timber shouldered opening and barge-

boards), east-facing tripartite alongside. Squared and

snecked bull-nosed ashlar with contrasting dressings.

Coped end stack; roofs covered with graded slates.

INTERIOR: fitted timber bookshelves line wall (books mostly

uniformly bound and embossed "Telford's legacy") 2

freestanding bookcases; ornate cast-iron stove; exposed

roof timbers, pointed doorways linking rooms flank

fireplace in N reading room.

Set behind low rubble-built and ashlar-coped wall with

spear-head cast-iron railings.