Leyton Library - High Road Leyton, London, UK
N 51° 33.515 W 000° 00.433
30U E 707449 N 5716189
This plaque is fixed to the wall of Leyton Library in the High Road.
Waymark Code: WME5MV
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 04/07/2012
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The plaque reads:
"Waltham Forest Heritage
Leyton Library
Grade II Listed Building
Designed by John Knight in an Italianate style and
opened in 1882 as Leyton Town Hall. Outgrown by
1892 and replaced by the new Town Hall alongside.
Later adapted to serve as a public library".
The English Heritage website (visit
link) has this to say about the building:
"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."