Public Library

This is a public library built in a Free Jacobethan style, likely in the 19th century. The building consists of a two-storey and basement main range facing Stanwell Road, a single-storey hall to the uphill side, and a two-storey house at the northern end, with a two-window front onto Rectory Road. The exterior is constructed of thin-course rubble masonry with partially dressed quoins and stringcourses, accented by freestone for the frontispiece, window dressings, gable parapets and a prominent clock tower. The roofs are tiled, with a parapet to the main range and overhanging eaves to the hall, which features red brick chimney stacks and octagonal ventilators. The windows are mullioned and transomed with leaded glazing, some cross-frame, and a few are horned sashes in the basement.

The square clock tower dominates the composition, set into an extruded corner beside the main entrance. It has an octagonal, louvred belfry topped with a weathervane and swept lead roof. Clock faces are positioned on the south and west sides, enclosed by freestone surrounds with strapwork cornices, pilasters, corner finials, and moulded aprons. Coats of arms are displayed below the clock faces, which have cross-frame windows. A shaped gable exists on the Rectory Road front, featuring a finial, a small attic opening over a freestone plaque inscribed "Goreu arf, arf dysg" ('Knowledge is the best weapon'), and four-light windows. Panelled doors have a cornice over them and modern steps and a ramp provide access. The Stanwell Road front includes a similar shaped gable at the centre and a narrower, more curved gable to the left with a frontispiece featuring finials, shell-like ornamentation, and a strapwork-bordered panel displaying the inscription. A round arched doorway, now glazed, is flanked by pilasters and has a keystone, foliated spandrels, a coffered soffit, and coloured glass to the margins. The hall has three-light twin-transom windows, with pilasters stopped and scrolled at the height of the upper transom. The house includes three-light windows with gables over the upper windows, grouped horned sashes to the middle floor, a four-panel front door, and a lean-to extension at the left end.

Inside, the main range features cast-iron columns with octagonal bases on the ground floor and a cast-iron balustrade staircase with bulbous main balusters and a brass handrail. A round arched opening leads into a four-bay hall with timber trusses supported by fluted brackets.