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Old Library, Walker


The former Walker Library building is located on Welbeck Road in Walker, Newcastle. It was opened as the Lady Stephenson Library in 1908, commissioned by the industrialist and former Mayor, Sir William Haswell Stephenson, in dedication to his wife who died in 1901. The building was designed by John Dyson, and coat of arms of Lady Stephenson's family can still be seen carved in stone above the doorway. The building is on the Local List of buildings of Local Architectural or Historic Interest ('Local List') for Newcastle. The library closed at this location on 29th June, 2013; Walker Libary relocated to the Activity Dome on Wharrier Street. The Lady Stephenson Library building was refurbished in 2014 to be the premises of Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Walker William Haswell Stephenson (1836-1918) Walker Library Historic Buildings and Monuments in Newcastle Local List 1908
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Tyne & Wear HER: 9911
Post code: NE6 3BX
Borough: Newcastle
Grid ref: NZ28626456

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