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Lillington Library is a public library in
Leamington Spa Royal Leamington Spa, commonly known as Leamington Spa or simply Leamington (), is a spa town and civil parish in Warwickshire, England. Originally a small village called Leamington Priors, it grew into a spa town in the 18th century following ...
, England. It was designed by
Henry Fedeski Henry Fedeski ARIBA (1907–1993) was a British architect, responsible for several buildings in the Leamington Spa area, including Lillington County Library, and the Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady, Valley Road, Lillington, both Grade II list ...
in a
Festival of Britain The Festival of Britain was a national exhibition and fair that reached millions of visitors throughout the United Kingdom in the summer of 1951. Historian Kenneth O. Morgan says the Festival was a "triumphant success" during which people: ...
style. It was built 1959–60 and was
Grade II listed In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...
in 2015 after Warwick District Council intended to demolish it along with other community buildings in Lillington as part of a regeneration plan. It was built by
George Wimpey George Wimpey was a British construction firm. Formed in 1880 and based in Hammersmith, it initially operated largely as a road surfacing contractor. The business was acquired by Godfrey Mitchell in 1919, and he developed it into a constructio ...
.


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