Trinity Road Library, Bristol

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Trinity Road Library
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Location within Bristol
General information
Architectural style Jacobethan
Town or city Bristol
Country England
Coordinates 51°27′32″N2°34′35″W / 51.4588°N 2.5764°W / 51.4588; -2.5764
Completed1896
Design and construction
Architect(s) William Venn Gough

Trinity Road Library is an historic building situated on Trinity Road, St Philips, Bristol, England.

News Room, 1896 St Philips Library Bristol News Room 1896.jpg
News Room, 1896
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St Philip's Library, 1908

St Philips was Bristol's first branch library, opened in 1876. [1] This was replaced by a new library on Trinity Road in 1896 in a Jacobethan style, to the plans of William Venn Gough, and bears an inscription with its original name, St Philips Public Library. [2] It closed as a public library on 28 November 2012. [3]

It has been designated by English Heritage as a grade II listed building. [2] [4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Stone, George F. (1909). Bristol: as it was and as it is. A record of fifty years' progress. Bristol. pp. 123–25.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. 1 2 Historic England. "St Philip's Public Library (1202638)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 28 May 2007.
  3. ↑ "New era for library services". Bristol City Council. 26 November 2012. Archived from the original on 8 August 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  4. ↑ Historic England. "St Philip's Public Library (Grade II) (1202638)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 2 January 2015.


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