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Drury Lane Library

former public library in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, UK
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Drury Lane Library

Summary

Drury Lane Library is a Carnegie library[1].

Key Facts

  • Drury Lane Library is located in Wakefield[2].
  • Drury Lane Library is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • Drury Lane Library's instance of is recorded as Carnegie library[4].
  • Drury Lane Library's instance of is recorded as art museum[5].
  • Drury Lane Library's architectural style is recorded as baroque revival[6].
  • Drury Lane Library took place at Wakefield[7].
  • Drury Lane Library's occupant is recorded as The Art House[8].
  • 1905 marks the founding of Drury Lane Library[9].
  • Drury Lane Library's OS grid reference is recorded as SE3287820782[10].
  • Drury Lane Library's coordinate location is recorded as {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': None, 'latitude': 53.68247, 'longitude': -1.5037, 'precision': 1e-06}[11].
  • Drury Lane Library's described at URL is recorded as http://www.wakefield.gov.uk/Documents/libraries/free-public-carnegie-library-drury-lane.pdf[12].
  • Drury Lane Library's heritage designation is recorded as Grade II listed building[13].
  • Drury Lane Library's date of official closure is recorded as October 2012[14].
  • Drury Lane Library's associated electoral district is recorded as Wakefield and Rothwell[15].
  • Drury Lane Library's historic county is recorded as Yorkshire[16].

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Founding

1905 marks the founding of Drury Lane Library[9].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . British Listed Buildings. britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . the-arthouse.org.uk. the-arthouse.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [2] ↑ . British Listed Buildings. Retrieved . britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . British Listed Buildings. britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . British Listed Buildings. britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . British Listed Buildings. britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . designinglibraries.org.uk. Retrieved . designinglibraries.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 16w ago · JhealdBatch · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Date of official closure → +2012-10-00T00:00:00Z
    Imported from → —
    Instance of → Carnegie library, art museum
    British listed buildings id → 101272893
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