Description

SJ 9214-9314 PENKRIDGE C.P. BELLBROOK (East side)

9/41 Public Library
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GV II

Former Police Station now library. Dated 1858. Orange brick with
ashlar dressings; slate roof; brick ridge stack. Main range with
low set-back wing to right and low blind projecting wing to left. Main
range: One storey and attic with dentilled eaves cornice; 1:1:1 bays,
glazing bar sashes with horns, shaped architraves, bracketed sills and
fluted keys, central attic window with fluted key and semi-circular arch
springing from an impost-band; paired pilasters to each corner and single
pilasters to each corner of the central pedimented porch, central partly
glazed 2-leaf door with cornice hood. Right hand wing: One storey
with dentilled eaves cornice to hipped roof; 2 bays, 2-light flat face
mullioned window to left with bracket sill, containing plate glass sashes;
6-panelled door to right with overlight, shaped surround and fluted key.
Left hand wing: One storey with corner pilasters and hipped roof. The
Library is situated opposite Wyre Hall (q.v.) V.C.H. Vol. 5

Listing NGR: SJ9255614133

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Penkridge Library official website
• Wikidata Q26475225

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)