Blackness Community Library
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Blackness Community Library
Image: © David Dixon Taken: 8 Jul 2016
This Edwardian baroque, two-storey red ashlar library on a triangular site was designed by Frank Thomson in 1904 it was one of 660 libraries in the UK and Ireland which were funded by Andrew Carnegie or by the Carnegie UK Trust. It is a Category B listed building (LB25532 http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB25532 Historic Scotland). The front entrance is on angle approached by steps framed by paired giant Ionic columns and entablature. A Doric columned open pedimented doorpiece is surmounted by figures of learning sculpted by Albert Hodge (Image]).
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Image Location
Latitude
56.456619
Longitude
-2.996229