Passmore Edwards Centre

The Passmore Edwards Centre is a grade II listed building in Newton Abbot, Devon, in England.

It was built as a library and technical school by philanthropist John Passmore Edwards in memory of his mother who was born in the town.

Lettering on ceramic panels across the front gives the original name of the "Passmore Edwards Library and Science, Art and Technical School".

The main entrance has a significant pedimented doorcase decorated at the second storey with figures representing Art and Learning.

The fourth bay from the north end of the Bank Street elevation has a secondary entrance with a doorcase and triangular pediment.

[3][1] The building was approved and a design was commissioned from Cornish architect Silvanus Trevail, completed after his 1903 death by his assistant Alfred Cornelius.

[4] The library was completed in 1904 at the cost of £2,290, Passmore Edwards' total donation of £2,500 may have included an allowance for fixtures, fittings and books.