Hammersmith Library is a Grade II listed building at Shepherd's Bush Road, Hammersmith, London W6 7AT. [1]
It was built in 1905 by the architect Henry Hare, with sculpture by F. E. E. Schenck. [1]
The statues in the façade are as follows: immediately to the top left of the main entrance, on the first floor, is a statue of John Milton, while to the top right of the main door is a statue of William Shakespeare. [2] To the right of these statues, between the windows on the south wing of the library, are a male figure with a book, representing Literature, and a female figure with a paintbrush, representing the Arts; [3] while to the left of the statues of Milton and Shakespeare, between the windows on the north wing, are a female figure with a wheel, representing Spinning, and a male figure with a pair of compasses, representing Astronomy. [4]
