2017

TQ3181 : Maughan Library

taken 9 years ago, near to London, The City of London, England

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Maughan Library
Maughan Library
Maughan Library

The Maughan Library is the main university research library of King's College London, forming part of the Strand Campus. A 19th-century neo-Gothic building located on Chancery Lane, it was formerly the home to the headquarters of the Public Record Office, known as the "strong-box of the Empire", and was acquired by the university in 2001. Following a £35m renovation the Maughan is the largest new university library in the United Kingdom since World War II.
Designed by Sir James Pennethorne and constructed in 1851, with further extensions made between 1868 and 1900, it is a Grade II* listed building. Inside the library is a dodecagonal reading room, and a former medieval chapel, now an exhibition space showcasing the special collections of the library. The library was named in honour of Sir Deryck Maughan, an alumnus of the university.

Kings College London

King's College London is a university located in London, and a constituent college of the University of London. King's is arguably the third-oldest university in England, having been founded by King George IV and the Duke of Wellington in 1829. In 1836 King's became one of the two founding colleges of the University of London.
King's is organised into nine academic schools, spread across four Thames-side campuses in central London and another in Denmark Hill in south London.
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TQ3181, 4523 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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N Chadwick   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 21 January, 2017   (more nearby)
Submitted
Sunday, 4 June, 2017
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 3124 8129 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:30.9178N 0:6.6011W
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OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 3126 8129
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