Kayll Road, Sunderland Corp West Branch Library
Kayll Road, Sunderland Corp West Branch Library
HER Number
7156
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Kayll Road, Sunderland Corp West Branch Library
Place
Sunderland
Map Sheet
NZ35NE
Class
Recreational
Site Type: Broad
Art and Education Venue
Site Type: Specific
Public Library
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
Branch library. Dated 1909. Architect Hugh TD Hedley, contractor WB Cooper. Donor of site Ald. William Burns JP. Bright red stretcher bond brick with sandstone ashlar dressings, roof of Lakeland slate. Baroque style.
One storey. Renewed side steps to central porch. Panelled door, in architrave with BRANCH LIBRARY incised on frieze. Heavily rusticated columns and ogee dentilled pediment with date 1909. Sash windows. Commemorative stone at left names site donor and architect and Town Clerk; another at right names contractor, Mayor and officials.
One of 3 libraries (the others Monkwearmouth andf Hendon) paid for by Andrew Carnegie with £10,000 given to provide 2 libraries. LISTED GRADE 2
One storey. Renewed side steps to central porch. Panelled door, in architrave with BRANCH LIBRARY incised on frieze. Heavily rusticated columns and ogee dentilled pediment with date 1909. Sash windows. Commemorative stone at left names site donor and architect and Town Clerk; another at right names contractor, Mayor and officials.
One of 3 libraries (the others Monkwearmouth andf Hendon) paid for by Andrew Carnegie with £10,000 given to provide 2 libraries. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
437900
Northing
556420
Grid Reference
NZ437900556420
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 920-1/4/134; Monkwearmouth Memories, 1898, p 3.