What is recorded here

Kirkcudbright, 23 Castle Street is a 19th-century house that became a library, and that change is the whole point. A private home opened its rooms to public memory, which means books and people replaced whatever lived there before. The exact boundary between ownership and sharing is no longer visible, but the building still performs it every time someone enters to read.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Kirkcudbright, 23 Castle Street as House (19th Century), Library (19th Century). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

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