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Sheffield Central Library
General information
Town or city	Sheffield
Country	England
Completed	1934
Client	Sheffield Corporation

Sheffield Central Library and Graves Art Gallery is a public library in Sheffield. It houses the city library service's single largest general lending and reference collection, as well as hosting an art gallery on the third floor, and a theatre in the basement.

Services available from the building include:

• Arts, Social Science and Sports Library
• Business, Science and Technology Library
• Central Children's Library
• Local Studies Library
• Music and Video Library
• Sheffield Information Service
• Sports Library
• World Metal Index
• Graves Art Gallery
• Library Theatre

Work on the building began in 1929, to a design by W. G. Davies. Built in a broadly art-deco style, it was opened in 1934 by the Duchess of York. Conceived as part of a plan by Patrick Abercrombie to create a civic square, it was the only element ever built and so faces onto a narrow street. In 1991, Tudor Square was constructed to one side of the library.

The building, supported by a steel frame, is faced with Portland stone and has some decorative mouldings by Alfred and William Tory.

The Graves Art Gallery was founded around a bequest from J. G. Graves and hosts a range of temporary and permanent exhibitions.

See also

• Walkley Library

References

• Ruth Harman and John Minnis, Sheffield (Pevsner Architectural Guides)

External links

• City council's description of facilities at the library
• Building information from made-in-sheffield
• Sheffield City Council: Library review Retrieved 16 January 2014
• Sheffield City Council: Library review, consultation 2013, needs assessment Retrieved 16 January 2014
• Sheffield City Council: library review, proposals Includes list of threatened libraries. Retrieved 16 January 2014
• Sheffield City Council: questions about the needs assessment Retrieved 16 January 2014
• Sheffield City Council: questions about the proposals Retrieved 16 January 2014
• BBC News: Protest over Sheffield library closures plan, 8 January 2014 Retrieved 16 January 2014
• BBC News: Half of Sheffield's libraries facing axe, 17 September 2013 Retrieved 16 January 2014
• Change.org: petitioning Sheffield City Council, Stop the closure of Broomhill Library Sheffield Retrieved 16 January 2014
• Sheffield Liberal Democrats: tag archives, libraries Retrieved 16 January 2014
• Funding promise for Sheffield library facing closure, 19 December 2013 Retrieved 16 January 2014
• The Star: Petty Sheffield library closures anger, 3 November 2013 Retrieved 16 January 2014
• ITV Calendar: Sheffield library closures Retrieved 16 January 2014
• Sheffield Telegraph: Pressure grows for rethink over city library closures, 26 October 2013 Retrieved 16 January 2014
• The Bookseller: Petitions against Sheffield library closures, 30 December 2013 Retrieved 16 January 2014
• Public libraries news: “A pound spent on a library isn’t a pound wasted, it’s a pound invested” 15 January 2014 Retrieved 16 January 2014
• Yorkshire and the Humber Green Party: Sheffield Green Party against library closures, 9 January 2014 Retrieved 16 January 2014
• Yorkshire Post: Library closures proposals political spite says Cleg, 18 September 2013 Retrieved 16 January 2014
• Green Party, Sheffield: Green Party supports demonstration against library closures, 6 January 2014 Retrieved 16 January 2014
• The Library Campaign: tag archive for Sheffield libraries Retrieved 16 January 2014
• The Library Campaign: tag archive for library closures Retrieved 16 January 2014
• The Guardian: Libraries crisis set to get 'much worse' this year, by Alison Flood, 15 January 2013 Retrieved 16 January 2014
• Save Totley Library Retrieved 16 January 2014

Category:Public libraries in South Yorkshire Category:Grade II listed buildings in Sheffield Category:Library buildings completed in 1934 Library, Central Library, Central Category:Art Deco architecture in England