Historic libraries · North Wales
Gladstone's Library
Gladstone's Library — residential library in Hawarden, Wales.
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Gladstone's Library is a historic library in the United Kingdom. Records date its origin to 1890. Designed by John Douglas. Heritage designation: Grade I listed building. Wikidata describes it as: "residential library in Hawarden, Wales". Coordinates: 53.1859°, -3.0273°.
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Gladstone's Library, known until 2010 as St Deiniol's Library (Welsh: Llyfrgell Deiniol Sant), is a residential library in Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales, UK. Gladstone's Library is Britain's only Prime Ministerial Library and serves as the national memorial to William Ewart Gladstone. It is home to a large collection of printed items and archives that reflects Gladstone's main interests in history, literature, theology, and politics.
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- Coordinates
- 53.1859, -3.0273
- District
- Flintshire
- Parish
- Hawarden
- Postcode
- CH5 3DF
- Parliamentary constituency
- Alyn and Deeside
- Established
- 1890
- Official site
- www.gladstoneslibrary.org
Sources
- wikidata: Q618626 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Gladstone's Library (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Llyfrgell Sant Deiniol and Gladstone's Library Hawarden Penarlâg 10.JPG (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Gladstone's Library?
- Gladstone's Library is in North Wales, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 53.1859°, -3.0273°.
- When was Gladstone's Library built?
- Gladstone's Library dates to 1890 — the Victorian period. It was designed by John Douglas.
- Who designed Gladstone's Library?
- Gladstone's Library was designed by John Douglas.
- Is Gladstone's Library a listed building?
- Gladstone's Library carries the heritage designation "Grade I listed building" — a protective status under UK heritage law.