South East and South West England, Greater London Gallery

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Battle library (one of 2 branches for Reading), Berkshire, 1908, Architect: F.W.Albury, open library

Bethnal Green Library, London, Tower Hamlets, 1922, Architect: James Tolley, open library

Bideford Library and Museum, Devon, Torridge, 1906, Architect: A.J. Dunn, open library

Bournemouth - Springbourne Public Library, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 1909, Architects: Harry E. Hawker & Victor Mitchell, open library

Bournemouth - Westbourne Library, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 1916, Architect: Charles Thomas Miles, open library

Bournemouth - Winton Library, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 1907, Architects: Harry E. Hawker & Victor Mitchell, open library

Brentford Library, London, Hounslow, 1904, Designed by: Thomas Henry Nowell Parr (Council Surveyor and Architect), open library

Bridgwater Library, Bridgwater, 1906, Architect: Ernest Godfrey Page, open library

Bristol: Shirehampton Library, Bristol, 1905, Architect: Frederick Bligh Bond, open library

Calne Library, Wiltshire County, 1905, Architects: Smith & Mashall, re-purposed: heritage centre

Caversham Free Public Library (one of 2 branches for Reading), Berkshire, 1907, Architect: W.G. Lewton, open library

Cheshunt Library, Hertfordshire, 1907, Architect: J. Myrtle Smith, open library

Chillaton Library, Devon, 1907, village hall and reading room: residential

Clapton Public Library, London, Hackney, 1913, Architect: Sir Thomas Edwin Cooper, open library

Crofton Park Community Library, London, Lewisham, 1905, Architect: Albert L. Guy, open library

Cubitt Town Library, London, Tower Hamlets, 1905, Architect: Charles Harold Norton, open library

Custom House Library, London, Newham, 1905, Designed by: John G. Morley (Borough Engineer), open library

Dartford Central Library & Museum, Dartford, 1916, Designed by: Thomas Edward Tiffin (Town Surveyor), open library

Deptford Library, London, Lewisham, 1914, Architect: Sir Alfred Brumwell Thomas, re-purposed: arts centre

East Greenwich Library, London, Greenwich, 1905, Architect: Sidney Richard J. Smith, closed Library: empty

East Ham Carnegie Library, London, Newham, 1908, Architect: Adam Horsburgh Campbell, re-purposed: office

Eastleigh Library, Southampton, 1935, Architect: F.G. Lee, re-purposed: community centre

Eltham Central Library (Woolwich), Greenwich, London, 1906, Architect: Maurice Bingham Adams, open library

Enfield (central) Town Library, London, Enfield, 1912, Designed by: Richard Collins (Borough Architect), re-purposed: office

Enfield Highway Library, London, Enfield, 1910, Designed by: Richard Collins (Borough Architect), closed Library: empty

Erith Carnegie Library, Bexley and Bromley, London, 1906, Architect: William Egerton, re-purposed: community centre

Exeter City Library, Exeter, 1930, Architect: Sidney K. Greenslade, re-purposed: office

Folkestone Library, Folkestone, 1910, Architect: Brightwen Binyon, open library

Fratton Carnegie Library (Portsmouth), Portsmouth, 1906, Architects: George Rake & Arthur Edward Cogswell, open library

Fulham Central Library, London, Hammersmith & Fulham, 1909, Architect: Henry Thomas Hare, open library

Granborough Library, Buckinghamshire, 1911, Architect: G.H. Kitchen, village hall

Gravesend Library, Gravesham, 1905, Architect: Edmund John Bennett, open library

Hackney Library, London, Hackney, 1908, Architect: Henry Arthur Crouch, re-purposed: cinema

Hammersmith Library, London, Hammersmith & Fulham, 1905, Architect: Henry Thomas Hare, open library

Hanwell Library, London, Ealing, 1905, Architect: T. Gibbs Thomas, open library

Harlesden Library, London, Brent, 1910, Architect: John Cash Originally in 1894, open library

Hendon Library, London, Barnet, 1929, Architect: T.M. Wilson, open library

Highgate Library (Hampstead), Camden, London, 1906, Designed by: William Nisbet Blair (Borough Engineer), open library

Homerton Library, London, Hackney, 1913, Architect: Sir Thomas Edwin Cooper, re-purposed: arts centre

Hove Library, Brighton, 1908, Architects: William Alban Jones & Percy Robinson, open library

Ilford Central Library, Redbridge, 1927, Designed by: H. Shaw (District Surveyor), re-purposed: office

Islington Central Library, London, Islington, 1907, Architect: Henry Thomas Hare, open library

Islington North Library, Islington, London, 1906, Architect: Henry Thomas Hare, open library

Islington South Library, London, Islington, 1921, Architect: Sir Mervyn Edwin Macartney, open library

Islington West Library, London, Islington, 1907, Architect: Arthur Beresford Pite, open library

Kensal Rise Library, London, Brent, 1904, Architects: Donne, Hunter & Co. (Orig 1900), coming back

Kilburn Library, London, Brent, 1907, Architects: Mr G.A. Sexton (Original building by Edmeston & Gabriel in 1894), open library

Kingston Library Devon, Devon, village hall and reading room

Kingston-upon-Thames Public Library (Museum and Art Gallery), Kingston upon Thames, London, 1903, Architect: Alfred Cox, open library

Lambeth Herne Hill Carnegie Library, Lambeth, London, 1906, Architects: H. Wakeford & Sons, open library

Lea Bridge Library, London, Waltham Forest, 1906, Architect: William Jacques, open library

Littlehampton Library, West Sussex, 1906, Architect: Harry Howard, open library

Manor Park Library, London, Newham, 1905, Designed by: Adam Horsburgh Campbell (Borough Surveyor), re-purposed: office

Mary Tavy Library Devon, village hall and institute

Mile End Central Library (Tower Hamlets Local History Library and Archives) Stepney, London, Tower Hamlets, 1906, Architect: James Knight originally 1862, Extension by MW Jameson, Borough Surveyor, open library

New Cross Library, London, Lewisham, 1911, Architects: Castle & Warren, re-purposed: arts centre

Newbury Library, Berkshire, 1906, Designed by: S. James Lee Vincent (Borough Surveyor), re-purposed: restaurant

Newton Ferrers Library, Plymouth, 1910, re-purposed: residential

Plumstead Public Library, London, Plumstead (Woolwich), 1904, Designed by: Frank Sumner (Borough Surveyor), open library

Plymouth Library, Plymouth, 1910, Architects: Thornley & Rooke, open library

Poplar Public Library, Tower Hamlets, London, 1906, Architects: Squire, Meyers & Petch, re-purposed: office

Ramsgate Library, Thanet, 1904, Architect: Stanley Davenport Adshead, open library

Salisbury Library, Wiltshire, 1905, Architect: Alfred Champney Bothams, re-purposed: office

Sandown Library, Isle of Wight, 1905, Architect: James Newman, open library

Seven Kings Library (Ilford), Redbridge, 1909, Designed by: H. Shaw (District Surveyor), re-purposed: school

Sevenoaks Library, Kent, 1905, Architect: Edwin Evans Cronk, re-purposed: office

Southall Library, London, Ealing, 1905, Designed by: R. Brown (Council Surveyor), re-purposed: church

Stoke Newington Library, London, Hackney, 1904, Architects: H.H. Bridgman & Goss (originally 1892), open library

Sydenham Library, London, Lewisham, 1904, Architect: Albert L. Guy, open library

Taunton Library, Somerset, 1905, Architects: Alexander Colbourne Little & Ingreson C Goodson., re-purposed: restaurant

Teddington Library, Richmond-upon-Thames, London, 1906, Architect: Henry Arthur Cheers, open library

Thornton Heath Library (Croydon), London, Croydon, 1914, Architects: Eric Edwin Hodder & G.F. Carter, open library

Tonbridge Library, Kent, 1905, Architect: John Henry Arthur Phillips, open library

Torquay Library, Torbay, 1907, Architect: Thomas Davison, re-purposed: office

Torridon Library (Hither Green - Corbett Community Library), Lewisham, 1907, Architect: Henry Hopton, open library

Tottenham Central Library, London, Haringey, 1907, Designed by: Extension by Borough Engineer, W.H. Prescott. Originally Edmeston & Gabriel 1896, re-purposed: residential

Walthamstow Central Library, London, Waltham Forest, 1909, Architect: J.Williams Dunford, open library

Watford Central Library, Hertfordshire, 1928, Architects: Hugh Andrew Gold & W.W. Newman, open library

West Greenwich Library, Greenwich, 1907, Architects: Herbert Winkler Wills and John Anderson, open library

Willesden Green Library, London, Brent, 1907, Architect: A.H. Murray Rust, open library

Worthing Library, West Sussex, 1908, Architects: Crouch Butler & Savage, re-purposed: arts centre

Worton Library, Wiltshire, 1911, village hall

Yarlington Library, Somerset, village hall, 1919