Listed Building: PUBLIC LIBRARY (1341516)

1. 5277 WINDMILL STREET (East Side) Public Library TQ 6474 SE 1/206 II GV 2. Built 1905 and given to the Borough of Gravesend by Andrew Carnegie. 2 storeys brick with stone dressings. Consists of a centre and 2 flanking wings. The centre portion has a stone modillion cornice and 3 sashes in moulded architraves with glazing bars intact. The ground floor has 4 Tuscan half-columns with round-headed windows between. Plinth. The wings of 1 bay each have parapets with curved open pediments containing shields with the cartouche of the City of Gravesend. Pilasters with shields and wheat-ear drops on the capitals. 1 sash each with glazing bars set in moulded surrounds. Stringcourse between ground and 1st floor. The left side portion has a round-headed window with keystone and swag moulding. The right side portion has an open pedimented stone doorcase. This has pilasters with mermaid caryatids. Forms a group with Nos 1A, 2A, 3A, 4A and 5A which are local interest buildings. Listing NGR: TQ6479474118