Other places · North East England
Newcastle City Library
Newcastle City Library in England North East, United Kingdom.
Mark Anderson — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Family-friendly
- Wheelchair accessible
About
Newcastle City Library is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Newcastle City Library (also known as the Charles Avison Building) is a library in the city centre of Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom. Completed on 3 March 2009, the building opened on 7 June 2009, and is the city's main public library.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
Description
In the 1870s, the city council decided to commission a public library. The site they selected, on New Bridge Street, had been occupied by the old Carliol Tower, which had formed part of the old town wall. The foundation stone for the new building was laid by the Lord Mayor, Jonathan Angus, on 13 September 1880. The building was designed by Alfred Mountain Fowler in the neoclassical style, built in ashlar stone and was officially opened by the Prince and Princess of Wales on 20 August 1883. The design involved a symmetrical main frontage of 15 bays facing onto New Bridge Street, with the end sections of three bays each projected forward to form towers. The central section of three bays,…
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- Coordinates
- 54.9748, -1.6102
- District
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Parish
- Newcastle upon Tyne, unparished area
- Postcode
- NE1 8AG
- Parliamentary constituency
- Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West
- Phone
- +44 191 278 1611
- Established
- 2009
- Official site
- laingartgallery.org.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q7017386 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Newcastle City Library (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Newcastle City Library?
- Newcastle City Library is in North-East England, United Kingdom (postcode NE1 8AG), in the parish of Newcastle upon Tyne, unparished area.
- When was Newcastle City Library built?
- Built or established in 2009.
- Who owns Newcastle City Library?
- Newcastle City Library is owned by | current_tenants =.
- How do I get to Newcastle City Library?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode NE1 8AG. It sits within the Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West parliamentary constituency.