In 1932 this was extended when a new reading hall was added, and a gymnasium was provided for staff (a feature unique in libraries in the country).

Tighe, withdrew Enid Blyton’s “The Adventures of Noddy’’ and nearly all her other works because he felt they did not use a sufficiently wide vocabulary.

It was converted by Michael Tempest and Colin McIntosh of the Nottinghamshire County Architect's Department for use as a library.

Closure of the Angel Row site on 20 March 2020 was part of the COVID-19 lockdown precautions,[8] followed by intended sale of the building for redevelopment.

[9] The main content of books and documentary records were placed into storage until the new location, in a redevelopment-complex adjacent to the new Broadmarsh bus station, could be finished and fitted out.