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1937 Library | |
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General information | |
Type | Library |
Architectural style | Modern Movement |
Location | Swansea University |
Town or city | Swansea |
Country | Wales |
Coordinates | 51°36′38″N3°58′41″W / 51.610422°N 3.978090°W |
Opened | 19 October 1937 |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Verner O. Rees |
Website | |
https://www.swansea.ac.uk/library/ |
The 1937 Library is a Grade II-listed Modern Movement library at Swansea University, Wales. It was built in the 1930s. [1]
With the growth of the University College of Swansea in the 1920s the old library based in Singleton Abbey was no longer suitable. [1] A competition was held in 1934 and was won by the London architect Verner O. Rees who designed other university libraries including the now-demolished University of Birmingham Library which was constructed in 1959. [2] The library was officially opened by the Duke of Kent on 19 October 1937. [3] The university's foundation stone, which was put into storage after King George V laid it in 1920, was placed into the bricks of this new library. [1]
The 1937 Library now forms the East wing of the much enlarged Library and Information Building complex which was designed by architects Sir Percy Thomas & Son in 1963. [4] The library reading room has exposed concrete roof beams that now house the law library opened by Hon. Mr Justice John Thomas on 27 September 2001. [5]
A public lecture by Andrew Green and an exhibition were held in 2017 to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the building's opening. [6]
The 1937 Library is located on the Mall in Singleton Park, Swansea.
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