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Latitude: 51.5074 / 51°30'26"N
Longitude: -0.1368 / 0°8'12"W
OS Eastings: 529401
OS Northings: 180359
OS Grid: TQ294803
Mapcode National: GBR FF.FT
Mapcode Global: VHGQZ.LC0T
Plus Code: 9C3XGV47+W7
Entry Name: London Library
Listing Date: 24 February 1958
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1235825
English Heritage Legacy ID: 426684
Also known as: The London Library
14, St James's Square SW1
14 St James's Square
ID on this website: 101235825
Location: St James's, Westminster, London, SW1Y
County: London
District: City of Westminster
Electoral Ward/Division: St James's
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: City of Westminster
Traditional County: Middlesex
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London
Church of England Parish: St James Piccadilly
Church of England Diocese: London
Tagged with: Library building Subscription library Lending library Library
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
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