Gateshead, Swinburne Street, Free Library

HER Number:
8315

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Gateshead, Swinburne Street, Free Library

Place:
Gateshead

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Education

Site Type: Broad:
Library

Site Type: Specific:
Public Library

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

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

Easting:
2552

Northing:
6342

Grid Reference:
NZ25526342

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 5/112