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Lumen Christi College Library is a late-Victorian library, located in Lumen Christi College on Bishop Street in Londonderry, County Londonderry. It is within the townland of Londonderry, in the civil parish of Templemore. The college was constructed from 1877 and was occupied by St Columb’s College until 1997 when Lumen Christi College, a Catholic grammar school, opened on the site. The library is a single-bay two-storey stucco neo-classical library, dated 1898, built to the designs of Edward J. Toye. The exterior retains a wealth of interest in terms of its style, proportion and ornamentation. The library's interior makes the building an outstanding architectural set-piece. Set at first floor, the piano noble, the organisation of books is displayed on an innovative zigzag plan which fully exploits the inter-relationship between the complex function of a library and the external facade. The quality of light and sense of intimacy created between the curved-end bookshelves and ornate wrought iron gallery is sublime. The building is within the council area of Derry City and Strabane.
Historic Buildings Ref: HB01/16/003 D

Place Type: 19th-century Building
Historic County: Londonderry
Lat, Long: 54.99063,-7.331137
Grid Reference: C 4286 1610
Townland: Londonderry TD
Civil Parish: Templemore CP
Council Area: Derry City and Strabane CA
Police Area: Northern Ireland PA
Devolved Legislature:  Northern Ireland Assembly

GBPN ID: 332596
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Lumen_Christi_College_Library,_Londonderry_332596

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