Library, 30 Leslie Street, Glasgow

The building is a public library located at 30 Leslie Street in Glasgow, designed by Thomas Gilmour of the City Architect's Department, with revisions by his superior A B MacDonald. It features an Edwardian baroque style with sculptured details and is primarily two storeys tall. The library occupies a corner site and has bold end pavilions, each with windows set in giant round-arched panels that reach into open-bottomed pediments. The main front facing Leslie Street is symmetrical, with paired inner doors that share a double-arched hood, a colonnade on the first floor, and a large decorative roof ventilator above. The exterior is finished in polished red ashlar, with original glazing that is mainly sash windows, and it has a slate roof. To the left of the pavilion, there is a single-storey, three-bay range facing Kenmure Street. The interior was altered in 1926 and contains leaded glass by John C Hall.