Photo-a-Day  (Wednesday, 1st September, 2021)

It was never known as Carnegie Hall. That is a major concert hall in NYC. The place was known as Carnegie Library. It was there that, as a child, I developed my life-long love of reading.

Was this the library at one time? It's a lovely building.

What I would term as a stately building. The design is impeccable...

If you are driving you cannot take in the view of the library,same with the front of the building. You need to walk around to see a lot of these old buildings.

Thanks, Dennis, a striking photo of a beautiful building. It’s Grade II listed, and a commemoration stone dates it as 1907, but I can’t find which architect(s) designed it: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1384504

I used to pass the library twice a day when I was on the bus going to school from Wigan to Ormskirk. All the Carnegie Libraries are fine buildings.

There are many interesting buildings in and around Wigan both old and new, but you miss them if you just drive past them every day.
It's amazing what you come across when you start looking away from the beaten track.

Joanne, the architects were J. B. & W. Thornely. From here: https://carnegielegacyinengland.wordpress.com/2017/10/22/pemberton-library-wigan/

According to Cindy in a discussion about it in 2008 it was riddled with Woodworm, I remember there was a vast amount of wooden cladding around the walls, so plenty of wood for those worms to chew on.
https://wiganworld.co.uk/communicate/mb_message.php?opt=f2&msd=193229&page=53&subject=Carnegie%20Library,%20Pemberton

Dennis, you are stood just a few doors away from the house I lived in when I got married on Ellesmere Rd (18). I did love going into the library when I was younger though...what a great atmosphere it had. Thanks for the info, Joanne.

First floor offices are for rent and you can view them here:

A.
https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/commercial/details/50704605/

B.
https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/commercial/details/photos/50704605/

The photo collage shown appears to be of the original rooms of the building, there's a bigger photo of it on link B.

I never went upstairs nor knew that you could as I only looked in the children's section on the ground floor, and that was only on a few occasions as we began to use the mobile library.