Kettering Library is a public library in

Kettering Kettering is a market town, market and industrial town, industrial town in the North Northamptonshire district of Northamptonshire, England, west of Cambridge, England, Cambridge, southwest of Peterborough, southeast of Leicester and north- ...

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, situated in the centre of the town between Market Place and St Peter and St Paul's Church.

History

The library building was designed by architects J Goddard, A H Paget and W A Catlow. It opened in 1904 and was refurbished in 2012–13. In 1913, the library expanded as a new art gallery complex was built to the side of the main building. In 1976, the library was given a grade II listing.

Architecture

The library main building is made out of red Sandstock bricks that came from Hemel Hempstead. The stone is Ketton, from Edith Weston Quarries, and the roof is slated with Collyweston slates. Memorialas šalia Keteringo bibliotekos.jpg, World War II Memorial Keteringo bibliotekos vaizdas nuo skvero.jpg, Library from the west Keteringo biblioteka iš šono.jpg, Main entrance

References

{{Authority control Public libraries in England Grade II listed library buildings Libraries in England Buildings and structures in Kettering

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