Picton Reading Room and Hornby Library

Picton Reading Room and Hornby Library

Year

1879

Architect

Type

building

A circular domed reading room modelled on the British Museum Reading Room, designed by Cornelius Sherlock and named after Sir James Picton, chairman of Liverpool's Libraries and Museums Committee. Approximately 100 feet in diameter, with a …

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