Description

TQ 2980 SW CITY OF WESTMINSTER ST. JAMES ' S SQUARE SWl
81/99
No 14
(London Library)
GV II
Library. 1896-98 by J. Osborne Smith. Portland stone front, slate
roof. A slightly eclectic design with ample fenestration clearly
expressing function. 3 tall storeys and basement. Ground floor
has semicircular arched doorway to left and 2 stone mullioned-
transomed Jacobethan windows. 1st floor has 3 "Georgian" sash
windows in architraves, the central one tripartite and pedimented,
set in semicircular arched recess. 3 tall Jacobethan windows to
top floor with arched heads to lights. The front finished off with
a pediment. Well-lit original library interior with extensions of
1921-23 and a bookstore of 1932-34 by Mews and Davis. The Prevost
Room has a fine chimneypice by Robert Adam from Shelburne, later
Lansdowne, House, Berkeley Square.
Survey of London; vol XXIX

Listing NGR: TQ2940180359

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• London Library at Wikipedia
• London Library official website
• Wikidata IDs Q269192 Q99937406

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