Heading along Eastgate Street in Stafford. I went from Market Street towards North Walls (with a brief look up Martin Street).

William Salt Library

Grade II* listed building.

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   STAFFORD

   SJ9223SW EASTGATE STREET
   590-1/10/21 (North East side)
   16/01/51 William Salt Library

   GV II*

   House, now library. 1730-5, with C18 former cottage to left
   (front wall rebuilt in late C20), and C19 alterations. Early
   Georgian style.
   MATERIALS: brick; internally central bay of main building
   flanked by timber-framed cross walls; tile roof, swept to
   eaves, with coped gables.
   PLAN: double-depth.
   EXTERIOR: 2 storeys with attic; 6-window range. Plaster
   plinth; brick platt bands over both floors; late C19 coved
   cornice; central bay flanked by timber-framed cross walls.
   Round-headed entrance to right of centre has doorcase with
   fluted pilasters, entablature blocks and open pediment;
   fanlight with radial glazing bars over 6-panel door. Windows
   have sills, and rubbed brick flat arches over 6/9-pane sashes;
   two c1860 gabled dormers with small-paned casements.
   Rear has gabled and bow window with three 12-pane sashes.
   Addition of 2 storeys has slate roof with brick end stack;
   round-headed entrance with large window to right have heavy
   plaster surrounds with triple keys; C20 plank door and
   casement; 1st floor has 2 windows with 12-pane horned sashes.
   INTERIOR: open well stair with cut string, column-on-vase
   balusters and moulded ramped handrail; room to right has C17
   panelling with moulded rails and stiles, plaster panels over
   door and Art Nouveau fireplace; room to left has Adam style
   fireplace with swags over eared architrave; archway by stair
   has panelled pilasters and key; rear wing has room with
   chamfered beam and large fireplace with bressummer; 1st floor
   has fireplace with eared architrave and coved cornice to room
   to left; rear room has late C19 fireplace with timber
   overmantel; other fireplaces are C19; 6-fielded-panel doors,
   one 2-panel door to attic.
   HISTORY: the William Salt Library was established in 1872,
   based on the collection of books, manuscripts, etc, formed by
   the banker William Salt, d.1863, and moved to present building
   in 1918.
   (Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Staffordshire: London:
   1974-: 246; Victoria County History of Staffordshire:
   Greenslade MW: A History of Stafford: London: 1979-: 258).

   Listing NGR: SJ9241423243

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Source: English Heritage