Carnegie Library, Runcorn

Carnegie Library, Runcorn
Carnegie Library, Runcorn
Coordinates53°20′31″N 2°44′15″W / 53.3420°N 2.7374°W / 53.3420; -2.7374
OS grid referenceSJ 510 830
Built1906; 118 years ago (1906)
Built forRuncorn Urban District Council
ArchitectJames Wilding
Listed Building – Grade II
Designated13 June 2007
Reference no.1392040
Carnegie Library, Runcorn is located in Cheshire
Carnegie Library, Runcorn
Location in Cheshire

The Carnegie Library is in Egerton Street, Runcorn, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building and "possesses special architectural and historic interest within a national context".[1] It was built in 1906 as an extension to Waterloo House and the existing library with a grant from Andrew Carnegie, and closed in 2012.[2]

  1. ^ Historic England, "Carnegie Library, Runcorn (1392040)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 12 August 2012
  2. ^ Starkey (1990), p. 217