What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: The Rydings. Built c1841 as a private house and converted to a free library in 1898 for Queen Victoria's Jubilee. Alderman Smith added the art gallery in 1907
The Rydings was originally a private residence constructed around 1841, later transformed into a free library in 1898 to commemorate Queen Victoria's Jubilee, and further expanded with an art gallery by Alderman Smith in 1907, serving as a significant cultural institution in Brighouse.
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