Kensington Library (Liverpool)
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This was the first branch library in Liverpool, it was designed by Thomas Shelmerdine, and was extended in 1897. It is an asymmetrical building in red brick with stone dressings and a tiled roof. It has an octagonal timber lantern surmounted by a cupola. The entrance porch has a semicircular pediment and Ionic columns. The wing to the left of the entrance has a large round-headed mullioned and transomed window and a small gable. The right wing has a Venetian window, an arcaded parapet, and a shaped gable.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kensington_Library.jpg
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Coordinates: 53°24'41"N 2°57'12"W
- Liverpool Library and Walker Art Gallery 1.8 km
- Poynton Library and Civic Centre 56 km
- Number One Riverside 58 km
- Five Rise Shopping and Library 88 km
- Kirklands Community Centre, and Menston Library 96 km
- British Library (Boston Spa) 121 km
- Cleadon Park Library and Health Centre 200 km
- Martindale Library 245 km
- Whatriggs Primary School and Early Childhood Centre 262 km
- Dick Institute 264 km
- Kensington and Fairfield 0.7 km
- Everton 1.3 km
- Newsham Park 1.3 km
- Everton Park 1.5 km
- Tuebrook and Stoneycroft 2 km
- Anfield 2.3 km
- Anfield Crematorium & Cemetery 3 km
- Clubmoor 3.3 km
- Merseyside 7.3 km
- Wirral Peninsula 10 km