CHAPTER X
The central library for Lambeth is situated at Brixton, and is called, after its donor, the "Tate" Central Library. It is built on a corner site on the main road, but well set back from the din and noise of the ceaseless traffic. The area of the site is 10,000 square feet; the main frontage is 95 feet, and the depth 105 feet.
The entrance is planned in the centre of the shorter side, and gives access to a magazine-room, 35 feet by 28, on the left hand, and a newspaper-room, 45 feet by 35, on the right. The lending library is at the back of the building, and its doors face the entrance (Fig. 100). It is 46 feet by 37, and has a counter 65 feet long, with returns running across it, on which are placed four blocks of Cotgreave's indicators for 21,000 volumes. A staircase leads from the entrance-hall to the reference library upon the first floor. The books are shelved in a book-store covering the lending department beneath, and the whole of the front of the building
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