Description

This List Entry was subjected to a Minor Amendment on 15/12/2016

MORETONHAMPSTEAD
SX 7586
8/10000 Bowring Library

GV II

Library. 1901/2 by Silvanus Trevail. Snecked local stone with
richly-detailed terracotta dressings; slate roof; moulded
terracotta stacks, Double-depth plan with stairhall to front
right. Jacobethan style. 2 storeys and attic; symmetrical 4-
window front. Ovolo-moulded transomed cross windows, shorter to
ground-floor right and with splayed architraves to first floor.
Panels with relief lettering reading BOWRING LIBRARY set above
string course which is linked to tall pedimented doorcase with
enriched tympanum and obelisk finials set on short pilasters;
commemorative panel set above panelled door with moulded
segmental-arched architrave. First-floor windows framed by
corbelled pilasters with small Ionic capitals which are linked
by a string courses and are terminated by pinnacles with obelisk
finials; full gabled dormers with obelisk finials and graduated
3-light windows with glazing-bar casements. Gabled right-hand
return is treated in similar style.
Interior: retains all original joinery with Art Nouveau brass
details and substantial inner porch. Moulded cornices. Hall
with mosaic floor has open-well stair with turned balusters, lead
treads and ball finials to newels.
The library was a gift to the town by Sir Thomas Bowring, a
notable wool trader and benefactor.

Listing NGR: SX7537586075

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Moretonhampstead Library official website
• Wikidata Q26533179

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Recommended Books

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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)