Birmingham Reference Library, Chamberlain Square, Birmingham: shell-hooded niche with a bust of William Shakespeare in the Shakespeare Memorial Library Architect/Designer Martin & Chamberlain Artist/Photographer Galwey, Reginald Hugo de Burgh (1917-1971) Country UK: England City Birmingham Subject Date 1882 Image Date 1968 View Interior Style Victorian Medium Photoprint Library Reference AP Box 649 B'ham/ Old Central Orientation Portrait Colour Info Black and white Credit Architectural Press Archive / RIBA Collections Subject Interior decoration ; Bookcases ; Furniture ; Libraries ; Sculpture
NOTES: This library was designed by Martin & Chamberlain and opened in 1882, replacing the earlier library of 1865 designed by John Chamberlain which was destroyed by fire in 1879. The building was demolished in 1974 after a long campaign to preserve it.
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