Clitheroe Library

53°52′23″N 2°23′26″W / 53.8730°N 2.3906°W / 53.8730; -2.3906LocationClitheroe, Lancashire, EnglandEstablished1905; 119 years ago (1905)Other informationWebsitewww.lancashire.gov.uk/libraries-and-archives/libraries/find-a-library/clitheroe-library.aspx

Clitheroe Library is a Carnegie library in Clitheroe, Lancashire, England. It was opened in 1905.

History

The library was designed by the partnership of Briggs and Wolstenholme. It occupies a site at the fork of two roads and at the narrowest part features a turret with a clock and a conical roof. Historic England and the architectural historian Pevsner describe the style as "Loire" (referring to the Châteaux of the Loire Valley).^[1][2] Since 1976 it has been protected as a Grade II listed building.^[1] It still serves its original purpose as a public library. In 1990 there was a major refurbishment and the library was extended into the adjacent building, the Old Town Hall.^[3]

Gallery

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  French Renaissance architecture, a possible source of inspiration for Clitheroe Library
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  The interior of the library
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  The interior of the library

See also

1. ^ ^{a b} Andrew Carnegie Public Library. (Historic England 1362175).
2. ^ Lancashire 2: the rural north. Nikolaus Pevsner. Penguin 1969.
3. ^ "Town Council History". Clitheroe Town Council. Retrieved 4 August 2021.

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Geology	Pendle Hill Waulsortian mudmound
Settlements	Low Moor, Lancashire
Transport	Clitheroe Interchange Clitheroe railway station

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