Description

CALNE

ST9970 NEW ROAD
755-1/5/110 (East side)
08/07/76 Wiltshire County Library

II

Library. c1904. Donated by Andrew Carnegie. Coursed, squared
limestone rubble, limestone dressings, with slate hipped roof.
Single-depth plan with rear wing. Eclectic Tudor and Jacobean
Revival style.
Single storey; 2-window range. Divided by octagonal panelled
pilasters to onion finials, with a plinth, cornice and parapet
with curved sunken cusped panels. A narrow right-hand bay,
with the entrance to the left flanked by buttresses on foliate
carved corbels and raised finials, to a round-arched entrance
with raised voussoirs, foliate carved spandrels, and recessed
2-leaf door; a panel above with PUBLIC LIBRARY in raised
letters, and a cartouche in the gable with Wiltshire coat of
arms, and winged cupid. 3-light stone-mullioned and transomed
ovolo-moulded cross windows with 9-pane top windows. Crested
ridge with end finials. Rear 5-bay range has lunettes.
INTERIOR: details include an arch-braced truss roof.

Listing NGR: ST9979770892

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Calne Heritage Centre official website
• Wikidata Q26560951

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Recommended Books

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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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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings