Description

SE2627NW LS27 COMMERCIAL STREET
MORLEY (west side)

8/19 Public Library

II
GV
Public library. 1905-6. Ashlar facade, hammer-dressed stone to sides and
rear, Welsh blue-slate roof. 2-storey front block, single-storey rear range.
6-bay symmetrical facade with lst-floor entablature and dentil cornice.
Outer bays set forward slightly have tripartite windows with Ionic outer
pilasters and engaged columns as mullions. 1st floor has quoin pilasters
with cornice, entablature and open triangular pediment with bracketed cornice
above window in eared architrave with triple keystone and segmental pediment.
Central 2 bays have portal with Ionic pilasters and columns, entablature
supporting segmental pediment, doorway with eared architrave, frieze and
triple keystone the tympanum with foliated carved cartouche, and double doors
each of 3 raised-and-fielded panels. Doorway flanked by narrow windows in
eared architraves with triple keystones. Windows above articulated by Ionic
pilasters. Bracketed cornice and balustraded parapet. Hipped roof to front
2 bays. Rear: attached single-storey block has 5 bays of plain rectangular
windows with chamfered lintels and sills. Gutter brackets and coped gable
with ridge stack.

Interior: tiled entrance hall with mosaic floor has Ionic pilasters flanking
wall plaque recording
"THIS BUILDING WAS
ERECTED THROUGH THE
GENEROSITY OF ANDREW
CARNEGIE Esq. : : : OF
SKIBO CASTLE, SCOTLAND
1905-6: AND OPENED BY
HALL CAINE Esq. 27th Oct. 1906".

Included for group value.

Listing NGR: SE2639527874

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Morley Library official website
• Wikidata Q26428497

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Recommended Books

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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)