Description

LINCOLN

SK9771SE FREE SCHOOL LANE
1941-1/12/118 (East side)
02/10/69 Public Library

II

Public library. 1914. By Sir R Blomfield. Ashlar and brick,
with hipped slate roofs and leaded dome. French Baroque style.
EXTERIOR: channelled rustication, eaves cornice, quoins, coped
parapet with baluster panels. Windows are mainly glazing bar
sashes with projecting architraves with keystones.
Projecting square domed centre, 2 storeys, with urn finials to
the parapet, topped with an open cupola. Projecting arched
moulded doorcase with enriched keystone and inscribed lintel.
Above it, an oval window flanked by festoons and beyond,
single windows. Above again, a window with segmental pediment,
with a crest in the apron.
Flanking wings, single storey, have 4 windows each.
Projecting square terminal pavilions have each a single
window, and ball finials to the parapet. Each return has 2
similarly articulated windows.
INTERIOR: vestibule has plaster wall panels, dentilled
cornice, and 3 doorcases with eared architraves and oval
fanlights. On the east side, a Doric colonnade, 4 bays, with a
central round arched opening. Screen wall with pilasters and a
central round headed window flanked by single doorways.
Book room has plaster cross beam ceiling with a central light.
Fitted oak bookcases. Some similar bookcases in the smaller
specialist book rooms.
(Buildings of England : Lincolnshire: N Pevsner: Lincolnshire:
London: 1989-: 508).

Listing NGR: SK9773471280

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Lincoln Central Library official website
• Wikidata Q26668057

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