Brief description
The Carnegie United Kingdom Trust made a grant of £22,500. Plans confirmed and building started in 1922. The architect was H Munro-Cautley.
Awarded Grade II listing in 1977
Current status: Still open as a public library, run by Suffolk libraries (2017)
- Year grant given (if known): 1921
- Amount of grant: £22,500
- Year opened (and by who – if known): formally opened on 3 September 1924 by Sir Charles Sherrington, G.B.E., O.M.
Photo of library today (2007):
Photo credit: Oxyman and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence
Old photo of library (postcard):
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Web links:
- Entry on the listed buildings register
- History of Ipswich library
- Library Tourist visits Ipswich library
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