List entry Summary
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Name: NEW HALL LIBRARY
List entry Number: 1379299
Location
NEW HALL LIBRARY
The building may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
| County |
District |
District Type |
Parish |
| Greater London Authority | Camden | London Borough | |
National Park: Not applicable to this List entry.
Grade: II*
Date first listed: 24-Oct-1951
Date of most recent amendment: Not applicable to this List entry.
Legacy System Information
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
Legacy System: LBS
UID: 478668
Asset Groupings
This list entry does not comprise part of an Asset Grouping. Asset Groupings are not part of the official record but are added later for information.
List entry Description
Summary of Building
Legacy Record - This information may be included in the List Entry Details.
Reasons for Designation
Legacy Record - This information may be included in the List Entry Details.
History
Legacy Record - This information may be included in the List Entry Details.
Details
CAMDEN
TQ3081SE LINCOLN'S INN
798-1/106/1041 (West side)
24/10/51 New Hall Library
GV II*
Library. c1843-5. By Philip Hardwick and PC Hardwick, with JL
Pearson. Enlarged at east end 1871-3 by Sir George Gilbert
Scott. Red brick with blue diapers and stone dressings. Lead
roof. Tudor style. Rectangular plan of 8 bays 2 storeys, at
right angle to New Inn Hall (qv), using the same entrance.
3-light windows separated by stone dressed buttresses topped
with stone finials rising through the embattled parapet. East
and west gabled elevations with 2 storey canted, traceried,
bay-windows. Octagonal turrets at north-west and south-east
corners, that at south-east corner with glazed look-out and
spire. Tall, decorative brick chimneys. INTERIOR: stone-faced
with wooden open truss roof with pendentives and cast-iron
galleries for shelves on 3 levels.
Listing NGR: TQ3090781433
Selected Sources
Legacy Record - This information may be included in the List Entry Details
National Grid Reference: TQ 30914 81435
Map
© Crown Copyright and database right 2012. All rights reserved. Ordnance Survey Licence number 100019088.
© British Crown and SeaZone Solutions Limited 2012. All rights reserved. Licence number 102006.006.
The above map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. For a copy of the full scale map, please see the attached PDF - 1379299.pdf
This copy shows the entry on 24-May-2013 at 11:55:29.