Building record 7198/0/9 - Public Library, Sheep Street

1904 by Goddard, Paget and Catlow in Arts and Crafts manner. Red brick, stone dressings, Collyweston slated roof with 3 gables.

{1} 1904 by Goddard, Paget and Catlow in Arts and Crafts manner. Red brick, stone dressings, Collyweston slated roof with 3 gables. 1 storey, projecting ends, slightly projecting centre with elliptically chamfered arched wide entrance up stone steps. Mullioned and transomed casement windows. Central lantern and cupola astride roof ridge. Public Library, Art Gallery, Alfred East Monument and Dryland Fountain form a group.

{2} 1904 by Goddard, Paget and Catlow in Arts and Crafts manner. 1 storey, projecting ends.

{3} Public Library, Sheep Street. A Public Library was established in March 1896. The present building in Sheep Street was erected in 1903 as a gift of Andrew Carnegie - comprises a large reading room, a reference library, lending library and museum. The building was designed by Messrs Goddard and Catlow of Leicester and is in the Early Renaissance style of architecture and is constructed of red brick and Ketton stone. The building is a single storey with protruding wings, which are covered with ivy. Still in use as a library and is a listed structure. Film 2, photo 1.

{4} The public library and Alfred East art gallery form a beginning of an effort towards a Civic Centre. The library is by Goddard, Paget and Catlow, 1904. It is a half-H in plan, red brick, gabled, with mullioned windows and a pretty little cupola on top.

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 1/99 (checked) (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> 1976, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), H15 p.13 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN100754.

<3> Ballinger J., 1999, Northamptonshire Extensive Urban Survey: Kettering (Industrial), (checked) (Digital archive). SNN100283.

<4> Pevsner N.; Cherry B., 1973, The Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, p.273 (unchecked) (Series). SNN1320.

<5> SMITH T., 1999, Twentieth Century Kettering, A Book For The Millenium, (unchecked) (Book). SNN109383.

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Jan 13 2022 2:11PM