Gloucester Library

Originally called the Schools of Science and Art, the original part of the building was built by FullJames Waller & Son in 1872 for the Gloucester Science and Art Society which was mainly funded by subscribers. It also housed a museum of Literature and Science. There were several failed attempts to run a free public library at the Working Men's Institute and a survey from 1887 shows that taxpayers voted against having a free public library. In 1893, the building was extended with a hall built for the Gloucester Science and Art Society called the "Price Memorial Hall". The city corporation brought the book collection of the Gloucester Literary and Scientific Association in 1895 and took over…

The library building is designed in the Neo-Gothic style. It was inspired by the work of George Edmund Street. It consists of five bays parallel to the street with cross-gabled right angle ranges at each end. The two bays and right angle range at the north end of the building are the original part built in 1872 and southern end is the newer part built in 1900. It has two storeys and a cellar. There are two entrances on each of the end bays. All the bays have large ground and first floor windows apart from where the entrances are located. The newer southern entrance has the year 1900 engraved above it, and the southern range has the words "public library" engraved between the ground and…