Clitheroe Library

Clitheroe Library is a Carnegie library in Clitheroe, Lancashire, England. It was opened in 1905.

Clitheroe Library
Clitheroe Library
53.8730°N 2.3906°W / 53.8730; -2.3906
LocationClitheroe, Lancashire, England
Established1905 (1905)
Other information
Websitewww.lancashire.gov.uk/libraries-and-archives/libraries/find-a-library/clitheroe-library.aspx

History

The library was designed by the partnership of Briggs and Wolstenholme. It occupies a site at the fork of two roads and at the narrowest part features a turret with a clock and a conical roof. Historic England and the architectural historian Pevsner describe the style as "Loire" (referring to the Châteaux of the Loire Valley).[1][2] Since 1976 it has been protected as a Grade II listed building.[1] It still serves its original purpose as a public library. In 1990 there was a major refurbishment and the library was extended into the adjacent building, the Old Town Hall.[3]

See also
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References
  1. Andrew Carnegie Public Library. (Historic England 1362175).
  2. Lancashire 2: the rural north. Nikolaus Pevsner. Penguin 1969.
  3. "Town Council History". Clitheroe Town Council. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
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