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Old buildings in West Bromwich.

Back onto the High Street in West Bromwich.

This is the Central Public Library on High Street in West Bromwich. It is Grade II listed.


Public library. 1907. By Stephen J Holliday of West Bromwich. Red brick with yellow terra cotta dressings. Main facade a symmetrical composition of two storeys and five bays with giant engaged fluted Ionic columns on pedestals. The central bay has an open pediment supported on outer antae and inner free- standing columns. The ground floor windows have round heads with keystones. The timber glazing bars incorporate Venetian lower lights with a central pedi- ment. The first floor windows are of three lights separated by brick mullions, except for the central one. This is of two round-headed lights under a round arch within the pediment. The doorway is approached by stone steps and has a round arch with glazing. Interior: open-well stair in central hallway has mosaic and tile decoration which includes inscription: "This building is the gift of Mr Andrew Carnegie to the Borough". (VCH, 72). Murals in stairwell and lending library, of c.1913-24, the latter illustrating the scenes from The Canterbury Tales. Some repartitioning of the library when it was re-organised in 1937-8, and these partitions and some shelving survives.

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Author Elliott Brown from Birmingham, United Kingdom
Camera location52° 31′ 14.21″ N, 1° 59′ 52.18″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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