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Liverpool Central Library is the largest of the 22 libraries in Liverpool, England, situated in the centre of the city. Picton Reading Room, an annex of the library itself. Another angle of the Picton Reading Room. Liverpool Central Library during rebuild. Interior view of the library prior to its 2013 refurbishment.
The chairman of the William Brown Library and Museum, Sir James Picton, laid the foundation stone of the Picton Reading Room in 1875. It was designed by Cornelius Sherlock, and modelled after the British Museum Reading Room, and was the first electrically lit library in the UK. It was completed in 1879 formally opened by the Mayor of Liverpool ...
William Brown Library and Museum. Coordinates: 53°24′35″N 2°58′52″W. Main entrance to the building. Main entrance to the building and, to the right, the ground-level entrance to the Liverpool Central Library. The William Brown Library and Museum is a Grade II* listed building situated on the historic William Brown Street in Liverpool ...
Bluecoat Chambers. Built in 1716–17 as a charity school, Bluecoat Chambers in School Lane is the oldest surviving building in central Liverpool, England. [1] Following the Liverpool Blue Coat School 's move to another site in 1906, the building was rented from 1907 onwards by the Sandon Studios Society. [2]
William Brown Street in Liverpool, England, is a road that is remarkable for its concentration of public buildings. It is sometimes referred to as the "Cultural Quarter". Originally known as Shaw's Brow, a coaching road east from the city, it is named after William Brown, a local MP and philanthropist, who in 1860 donated land in the area for ...
P. Picton Reading Room and Hornby Library. Categories: Libraries in Merseyside. Public libraries in England.
Liverpool Central Library; P. Picton Reading Room and Hornby Library This page was last edited on 1 January 2014, at 02:55 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
Located here are the William Brown Library and Museum (1857–60), paid for by William Brown, based on a design by Thomas Allom the building was modified in execution by John Weightman the corporation surveyor to save money; it now houses the World Museum Liverpool and Liverpool Central Library, the Picton Library by Cornelius Sherlock (1875 ...