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| HER Number: | MDV79739 |
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| Name: | Bowring Library, Moretonhampstead |
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Summary
Moretonhampstead Library, constructed in 1901/2, located on the corner of Fore Street. The library was gifted to the town by Sir Thomas Bowring, a notable wool trader and benefactor.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 753 860 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX78NE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Moretonhampstead |
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| District | Teignbridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | MORETONHAMPSTEAD |
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Protected Status
Other References/Statuses
- Old Listed Building Ref (II): 438381
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- LIBRARY (XX to XXI - 1901 AD to 2011 AD (Between))
Full description
Department of Environment, 1987, Moretonhampstead, 132a (List of Blds of Arch or Historic Interest). SDV337636.
Library. 1901/2 by Sylvanus Trevail. Snecked local stone with richly-detailed terracotta dressings; slate roof; moulded terracotta stacks, Double-depth plan with stairhall to front right. Jacobethan style. 2 storeys and attic; symmetrical 4-window front. Ovolo-moulded transomed cross windows, shorter to ground-floor right and with splayed architraves to first floor. Panels with relief lettering reading BOWRING LIBRARY set above string course which is linked to tall pedimented doorcase with enriched tympanum and obelisk finials set on short pilasters; commemorative panel set above panelled door with moulded segmental-arched architrave. First-floor windows framed by corbelled pilasters with small Ionic capitals which are linked by a string courses and are terminated by pinnacles with obelisk finials; full gabled dormers with obelisk finials and graduated 3-light windows with glazing-bar casements. Gabled right-hand return is treated in similar style.
Interior: retains all original joinery with Art Nouveau brass details and substantial inner porch. Moulded cornices. Hall with mosaic floor has open-well stair with turned balusters, lead treads and ball finials to newels.
The library was a gift to the town by Sir Thomas Bowring, a notable wool trader and benefactor.
Ordnance Survey, 2011, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV346129.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV337636 | List of Blds of Arch or Historic Interest: Department of Environment. 1987. Moretonhampstead. Historic Houses Register. A4 Spiral Bound. 132a. |
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| SDV346129 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2011. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey. Map (Digital). [Mapped feature: #106539 ] |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV40244 | Related to: 4 Fore Street, Moretonhampstead (Building) |
| MDV118262 | Related to: The Bell Inn, Moretonhampstead (Building) |
| MDV103116 | Related to: War Memorial adjacent to the Bowring Library, Moretonhampstead (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | May 4 2018 12:18PM |
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