Building the New Library 12
September 18
A series of photographs of the completed work taken by the architect, David Richmond.
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| A view from the north showing the library with the Abbey Church behind.
| View from the north west |
Detial of the beam feature. |
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| View from the south west |
Detial of the west window of the reading room, showing the light sensitive louvres
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View from the south |
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| The main door of the library |
The Gothic window which was formerly in the demolished section of cloister,
looking through to the entrance. |
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| View form the north east, across the library garden. |
The east window of the reading room, showing the light sensitive louvres.
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From the covered area ouside the east end of the library, looking across
the garden. |
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| Looking out from the Reading Room. |
Looking towards the rock garden. |
The staircase balcony. |
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| The Reading Room looking east. |
The Reading Room looking west. |
A few books are already in place. |
Sept 12
The Library was formally opened this afternoon by the Most Revd Rowan Williams, Archbishop
of Canterbury. The ceremony began with a service in the Abbey
Church, followed by the formal opening and blessing in the library itself.
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| Archbishop Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury and Bishop John Arnold,
Titular Bishop of Lindisfarne, parton of the Catholic Archives Society, presiding in
the Abbey Church, behind members of the monastic schola and the Douai Abbey Singers.
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Abbot Geoffrey Scott, David Richmond, architect and Archbishop Rowan Williams
pose outside the library. |
Archbishop William speaking from the staircase balcony in the library, with Bishop
John Arnold below. |
Photographs courtesy of The Newbury Weekly News.