Brief description
The architect was Cllr T Edmund of Messrs Johnson, Richards and Rees of Merthyr. The builder was Enoch Williams and sons of Dowlais.
Awarded Grade II listing in 1988
Current status: Still open as a public library, run by Merthyr Libraries, the public library service of Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council. (2021)
- Year grant given: 1902
- Amount of grant: £1,500, later increased to £2,500, then to £12,000 to cover the central library and its six branch libraries. Central library cost £8,500
- Year opened (and by who): 7 November 1935, by the Honourable Seymour Berry. The lending library and children’s library were opened on 9 March 1936
Photo of library in 2012 :

cc-by-sa/2.0 – © Jaggery – geograph.org.uk/p/3001975
Details:
Old photo of library (postcard):
One in my collection – awaiting scan
Visited?
Not yet
Web links:
- Report on the CADW listed buildings register
- Entry on the British listed buildings site
- Merthyr Tydfil library – Waymarking site
- Merthyr Tydfil library – postcard in Francis Frith collection
- Merthyr Tydfil heritage plaques -structures (pdf) Compiled by Keith L Lewis-Jones. Includes details of MT main library, Dowlais branch, and Treharris.