Overview
Ballyduff Carnegie Free Library is recorded as Officially recorded historic building in Waterford. Terraced two-bay single-storey over part basement Carnegie Free Library, opened 1910, retaining original aspect. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, red brick Running bond chimney stack, and cast-iron rainwater goods on moulded eaves.
Why it was built
The saved account records: Terraced two-bay single-storey over part basement Carnegie Free Library, opened 1910, retaining original aspect.
People and work
The saved account records: Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, red brick Running bond chimney stack, and cast-iron rainwater goods on moulded eaves.
How it changed
The saved account records: Red brick English bond walls with painted rendered band to eaves, and painted roughcast advanced panel under window opening.
What survives
The saved account records: Square-headed window opening with rendered sill, and timber casement window (in five-light arrangement) having square-leaded glazing.
Why it mattered
Ballyduff Carnegie Free Library matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: This library, designed by George P. Sheridan (d. 1950), is an attractive small-scale building that retains its original form and character, together with important salient features and materials. The library is one of five sponsored by Andrew Carnegie (1835 - 1919) in County Waterford (including Cappoquin (22810025/WD-21-10-25), Lismore (22809045/WD-21-09-45), Tallow (22818003/WD-28-08-03), and Waterford City (22501189/WD-5632-21-197). The combination of a variety of building materials produces an attractive polychromatic and textured effect that serves to distinguish the composition in the streetscape. This explains what the place adds to local life, the street or the surviving built history.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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