1881 - Leyton Library - High Road Leyton, London, UK
N 51° 33.515 W 000° 00.433
30U E 707449 N 5716189
The date is provided by a corner stone close to the entrance to the library. The building started life as Leyton Town Hall but soon became too small for that purpose and a new Town Hall was built alongside it.
Waymark Code: WME5RK
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 04/07/2012
Views: 1
The cornerstone, that is red granite, has the following
inscribed on it:
"This stone was laid by
John Fraser Esquire
Chairman of the Leyton Local Board
Members
Abery John
Bare Edwin
Bean Mark
Byas William
Chew George
Collins Wm Davis
Callaher James
Goodman William
Lironi Peter Thomas
Marshall Wm Munt
Snow George
Sweet James
Wickham Thomas
Workman Lester
Ralph Vincent Clerk
John M Knight Architect
James A Reed Builder
Walter Ashbee Surveyor".
The Grade II listed building is still in use as a library.
The English Heritage website (visit
link) entry for the the building reads:
"Public library. Dated 1881. By John Knight. Gault brick, stone dressings;
low slate roof with tall slated pavilion roof to corner. Prominent corner site
with corner entrance at base of low tower. Victorian eclectric manner. To High
Road Leyton: 3 storeys, 5 bays, with lower 2 storey bay to right with further
entrance. Corinthian pilastered pedimented doorways. Square-headed artchitraved
windows, pedimented to ground floor with incised decoration to lintels. Sashes,
plate-glass. Cornices between storeys; main console cornice above second floor.
Return elevation to Ruckholt Road with similar decorative treatment but
irregular window pattern. Decorative iron-cresting to roofs. Forms part of
Leyton Town Hall complex. Included for group value."
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