Public Library

Date:
23 Feb 2003
Location:
Public Library, 108 Ladbroke Grove W11, Kensington, Kensington And Chelsea, Greater London, W11 2PD
Reference:
IOE01/10062/18
Type:
Photograph (Digital)
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Description

This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.

TQ 2481 SW LADBROKE GROVE W11 14/1 No 108 Public Library GV II Public Library. 1890-91. T Phillips Figgis and H Wilson. Red brick, stone bands. Two storeys. Steep tiled roof. Irregular composition. Four main bays to Ladbroke Grove.

Gable over left hand pair, with lower gable over porch. Right hand bay gableless.

Large square projecting buttresses to either side of porch and to left hand corner, with sunk parapets carrying animal carvings in stone, crowned by stone-buttressed cupolas, now simplified. Segmental-headed doorway, with stone balustrade over.

Windows mullioned and transomed. Return facade to left also buttressed to corners with large Late Gothic traceried window, and gable over (truncated). Central lantern and cupola, with ball finial.

Listing NGR: TQ2435281269

Content

This is part of the Series: IOE01/2148 IOE Records taken by Adam Watson; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

Rights

© Mr Adam Watson. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project

People & Organisations

Photographer: Watson, Adam

Rights Holder: Watson, Adam

Keywords

Brick, Stone, Tile, Victorian Public Library, Education, Library