Pontefract Library

The present day building is notable as one of the last examples of architecture by John Poulson Pontefract's first library opened in 1905 to a design by George Pennington and was built with money from benefactor Andrew Carnegie.

This building was designed to a Art Nouveau style[1] and is now the location of the Pontefract Museum.

[2] The present library is situated on Shoemarket and was opened in 1975 to a design by disgraced Pontefract architect, John Poulson.

[3] The library was one of Poulson's final buildings, opening two years after his imprisonment for corruption.

The interior is clad in wood with a central staircase linking the ground floor with the mezzanine.