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Latitude: 53.2564 / 53°15'22"N
Longitude: -2.1247 / 2°7'28"W
OS Eastings: 391780
OS Northings: 373271
OS Grid: SJ917732
Mapcode National: GBR FZLS.TD
Mapcode Global: WHBBP.BDHY
Plus Code: 9C5V7V4G+H4
Entry Name: Macclesfield Public Library
Listing Date: 17 March 1977
Last Amended: 28 October 1994
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1279974
English Heritage Legacy ID: 391062
ID on this website: 101279974
Location: Macclesfield, Cheshire East, Cheshire, SK11
County: Cheshire East
Civil Parish: Macclesfield
Built-Up Area: Macclesfield
Traditional County: Cheshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cheshire
Church of England Parish: St Michael and All Angels, Macclesfield
Church of England Diocese: Chester
Tagged with: Public library Library building
MACCLESFIELD
SJ9173SE PARK GREEN
886-1/12/155 (South side)
17/03/77 Macclesfield Public Library
(Formerly Listed as:
PARK GREEN
(South side)
Chadwick Library)
GV II
Library. 1874-6. By James Stevens of Macclesfield. Altered and
refurbished c1950. Uncoursed and squared freestone with steep
Welsh slate roofs.
PLAN: complex plan comprising 2 parallel ranges which form
semi-octagons to Park Green elevation where they are linked by
a canted porch. Present entrance now in Park Lane, but
original doorways survive as windows in porch, up steps which
have now been removed.
EXTERIOR: banded polished granite shafts and polychrome stone
work to Gothick entrance arch set in steep triangular gable
with busts at apex. Top-lit left-hand range has paired lancet
windows beneath gable with rose window over. The coped gable
is carried on corbels. Similar lancet lights with transom in
left-hand face of wing.
Right-hand block has triple lancet window with transom and
ornate feature to splayed angle: a central buttress carries a
projecting panel and shafts support an arch above with
'Macclesfield Free Library 1876' inscribed over a coat of
arms. Parapet above is carried on corbel beasts' heads, and is
surmounted by a conical spirelet.
Return elevation to Park Lane has 2 triple lancets with
corbelled dormer gables above, the present entrance inserted
c1850 and cut through a former triple window. Plainer wing
beyond a later addition with paired and single-light sash
windows.
INTERIOR: although layout has been modified, the original roof
structure remains visible, with heavy moulded timber hammer
beam trusses with cast-iron supporting brackets.
Listing NGR: SJ9178273270
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