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St Barnabas Library

A Grade II Listed Building in North Evington, City of Leicester

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Latitude: 52.6406 / 52°38'26"N

Longitude: -1.098 / 1°5'52"W

OS Eastings: 461130

OS Northings: 305139

OS Grid: SK611051

Mapcode National: GBR FQH.H9

Mapcode Global: WHFKH.3WDK

Plus Code: 9C4WJWR2+6Q

Entry Name: St Barnabas Library

Listing Date: 21 December 1993

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1250184

English Heritage Legacy ID: 432448

ID on this website: 101250184

Location: North Evington, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE5

County: City of Leicester

Electoral Ward/Division: North Evington

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Leicester

Traditional County: Leicestershire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Leicestershire

Church of England Parish: Leicester The Presentation of Christ

Church of England Diocese: Leicester

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Description


The following building shall be added to the list;

LEICESTER ST BARNABAS ROAD
SK 60 NW
15/10030 St Barnabas Library
II
Public library. 1937. Designed by Symington, Prince & Pike.
Reinforced concrete with red brick cladding. Brick plinth.
Moderne style. Single storey, with a tall circular clerestorey
central hall. Entrance, to French Street, has recessed curved
entrance with projecting porch. Eitherside single 3-light
cross casements, outer projecting wings have strips of narrow
windows each with 3 casements. Set-back rotunda has very tall
casement windows. St Barnabas Road front has central door with
flanking strips of 2 casements on eitherside. To the right a
tall circular stack to the former boiler-room. All corners are
curved, and all walls topped with concrete coping.
Interior retains original built in bookshelves, doors, stepped
coving, banded columns and glazed roof lights.

Listing NGR: SK6113005139

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