Swinburne Street, Free Library
Swinburne Street, Free Library
HER Number
8315
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Swinburne Street, Free Library
Place
Gateshead
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
Class
Recreational
Site Type: Broad
Art and Education Venue
Site Type: Specific
Public Library
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
The former Free Library. Circa 1880. Ashlar, classical style. Three storeys,
three bays. Plinth, rusticated ground floor to band on which rest four giant
pilasters supporting plain entablature and pediment. Ground floor, elliptical
arched wide central window (former doorway?) flanked by round arched windows.
Plain sash windows those in the wider centre bay emphasized by architraves and a
first floor pediment. LISTED GRADE 2
three bays. Plinth, rusticated ground floor to band on which rest four giant
pilasters supporting plain entablature and pediment. Ground floor, elliptical
arched wide central window (former doorway?) flanked by round arched windows.
Plain sash windows those in the wider centre bay emphasized by architraves and a
first floor pediment. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
425520
Northing
563420
Grid Reference
NZ425520563420
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 5/112