Description

J R Rhind, 1903-5, as public library. Edwardian Baroque. 2-storey front near symmetrical; polished ashlar with sculptured detail; ground floor channelled; pavilioned end bays each corner, surmounted by winged figure; elaborate 3-bay centre, round-arched 1st floor windows (Venetian centre), divided by pilasters; parapet conceals roof.

Interior originally with top-lit reading room, much altered 1967-8 by Robert Rogerson and Philip Spence with City Architect.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17814955

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Recommended Books

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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)