Shrewsbury, Shropshire - Library - Dennis postcard c.1970s

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• Picture / Image:  Shrewsbury Library, Shropshire - Shewsbury Library
• Publisher:  Dennis (S.020043L)
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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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Shrewsbury Library is housed in a Grade 1 listed^[1] building situated on Castle Gates near Shrewsbury Castle. The site was the home of Shrewsbury School from 1550 until 1882. The buildings were handed over to the town in 1882 and a free library and museum were opened by The Corporation of Shrewsbury on the site in 1885. The library was moved temporarily to Raven Meadows in 1976 while the site on Castle Gates underwent extensive restorations.^[2] The library was re-opened in 1983 by Princess Margaret.^[3]

Above the main entrance are two statues bearing the inscriptions ""Philomathes"" and ""Polumathes"". These represent students, one coming to learn and the other a learned scholar on leaving. The inscription below is from Isocrates and reads ""If you are a lover of learning, you will become learned"".

The original school was founded by Royal charter by King Edward VI in 1552.^[4] This is a timber-frame building, now at the rear of the present building. Additional stone buildings were added from 1594 to 1630.

The building required restoration work which was mainly done in the early 1980s. The projected cost was over £3million, one of the most expensive such works ever undertaken by the County Council.^[2] The library opened in 1983. The work included sand-blasting the main stonework, which looks more modern than 1630 as a result. Work was also done on the original timber-framed building, including repairs to the roof gables. Carvings were done by a local craftsman in the original Tudor style. These include a self-portrait at the apex of the north-facing gable. ^[5]

The present day library (July 2013) is a light, airy and welcoming building. The architectural features may be clearly seen in all parts of the building. For example, the newspaper and quick reference section is housed in the ground floor of Riggs Hall, the timber-framed building. The large classrooms at the top of the building house the non-fiction collections. The Old School Room retains the original window cills and wall panels with the names of former pupils. On the ceiling, the Darwin Room displays 46 coats of arms of families who contributed towards the costs of the stone buildings.

type=printed postcards

theme=topographical: british

sub-theme=england

county/ country=shropshire

number of items=single

period=1945 - present

postage condition=unposted