Central Library, Chester

Grid reference: SJ404665
Co-ordinates: 340450, 366500
Bearing: NW

This is the frontage of Chester's Library.

This terracotta and brick edifice is what remains of the former coachbuilders which stood here prior to the new library being built behind it in the early 1980s.

Grid reference: SJ404665
340450, 366500
Bearing: WSW

Here's the inscription over the entrance which describes the original use of the site (don't know who that ugly bugger at the bottom is, though!).

Worryingly, this attractive façade is under threat from large-scale developments in the offing for the whole Northgate Street area. Some people (especially councillors and officials) don't ever seem to appreciate what they've got, do they?

Information from The Chester Virtual Stroll.

© Nigel Stapley