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Detached three-bay single-storey Carnegie library, dated 1917, having breakfront ashlar limestone porch to front (south) and five-bay single-storey extension to rear (north). Hipped slate roof with rendered chimneystack to original block, hipped artificial slate roof to extension, with uPVC clad eaves course and rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls with rendered plinth to original block, rendered walls with rendered plinth and quoins elsewhere. Tooled limestone plaque and ashlar limestone porch with chamfered reveals to front (south) elevation. Square-headed window openings with tooled limestone sills and raised render reveals to original block, having six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows to front and side (east) elevations. Rendered sills to rear and side (west) elevations with uPVC casement windows. Square-headed door openings throughout, having timber battened door to front elevation, uPVC doors to side (west) and glazed uPVC door to rear elevation. Roughcast rendered enclosing walls having render coping and square-profile gate piers with wrought-iron gate to east.
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