Commemorative plaque 75544

This blue commemorative plaque records: The Brunner Library. This building was donated to the town by Sir John Brunner Bt. MP in 1909. Designed by the architect A.E. Powles it adjoined the original salt museum and was built with a timber frame to resist subsidence and to allow lifting, the earlier 1885 library having subsided. Listed Grade II. Recorded plaque organisation: Northwich and District Heritage Society; D.A.N..

Sir John Brunner Bt., MP, was a prominent industrialist and philanthropist who significantly contributed to the development of chemicals manufacturing in Britain; his donation of the Brunner Library reflects his commitment to public education and cultural enrichment in his hometown.