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dir="ltr"><p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Putney_Library_03.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Putney_Library_03.JPG/220px-Putney_Library_03.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Putney_Library_03.JPG/330px-Putney_Library_03.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Putney_Library_03.JPG/440px-Putney_Library_03.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption>Putney Library entrance with 1997 extension</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Putney Library</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Listed_building" title="Listed building">Grade II listed</a> <a href="/wiki/Public_library" title="Public library">public library</a> in the <a href="/wiki/London_Borough_of_Wandsworth" title="London Borough of Wandsworth">London Borough of Wandsworth</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-EnglishHeritage_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EnglishHeritage-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Location">Location</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Putney_Library&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Location"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The library is at numbers 5 to 7 on the north side of Disraeli road, just off Putney High street.<sup id="cite_ref-better_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-better-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Founding">Founding</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and designed by Francis J Smith.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was paid for by <a href="/wiki/Sir_George_Newnes,_1st_Baronet" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir George Newnes, 1st Baronet">George Newnes</a>, who established 'Tit-Bits' magazine,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was built by H. Roffey of Putney.<sup id="cite_ref-Putney_New_Library_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Putney_New_Library-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The library was opened in 1899<sup id="cite_ref-Tired_of_London,_Tired_of_Life_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tired_of_London,_Tired_of_Life-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> by <a href="/wiki/Charles_Russell,_Baron_Russell_of_Killowen" title="Charles Russell, Baron Russell of Killowen">Lord Russell of Killowen</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Putney_New_Library_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Putney_New_Library-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Inside_Putney_library_(27718488169).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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Two">World War Two</a> the basement of the building was used as an <a href="/wiki/Air_Raid_Precautions_in_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Raid Precautions in the United Kingdom">Air Raid Patrol</a> centre.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Wandsworth museum opened in the library building in 1986, but later moved to the Old County Court House in Garratt lane in 1996, and subsequently merged with Battersea Arts Centre.<sup id="cite_ref-ConservationArea_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ConservationArea-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Later_development">Later development</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Putney_Library&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Later 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The extension cost £2,800,000, the floorspace was expanded to 2300 square metres<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the original building's stone face was cleaned and restored.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 90's extension won the Mayor's Award for accessibility for wheelchair users and those with hearing disability aids, it was also the Winner of the Public Library Building Award 1999 in the large refurbished library category.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2021, Wandsworth Borough Council proposed that the library become a community hub, including shared workspaces and a new community cafe.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Collection_and_resources">Collection and resources</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Putney_Library&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Collection and resources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are over 20000 books in the library's collection<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and as a public library all books are free to borrow, but with limits on the numbers at any one time; there are charges for borrowing CDs and DVDs.<sup id="cite_ref-better_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-better-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2020, the library had a book that was returned after 56 years, due back in 1964; it was sent from Athens, Greece.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The library also has a digital collection with online reference material, that can be accessed on the library website or the Libby app, in the building there are also computer terminals with free internet access, study rooms for both adults and children, and regular reading groups and other meetings.<sup id="cite_ref-better_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-better-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> MPs and local town Councillors also hold their surgeries in rooms in the building.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Friends of Putney Library organise events and exhibitions in the library.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Access">Access</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Putney_Library&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Access"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of spring 2022, the library is open on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, from 09:00 to 20:00, on Fridays and Saturdays from 09:00 to 17:00, Sundays from 13:00 to 17:00, and it is closed on Tuesdays,<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> there is ramp access from the Disraeli road pavement into the building, and there is a lift.<sup id="cite_ref-better_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-better-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transport">Transport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Putney_Library&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The library is served by <a href="/wiki/Transport_for_London" title="Transport for London">Transport for London</a> buses 14, 39. 85, 93, 424, and 430 which stop at Putney Station on Putney High Street. <a href="/wiki/East_Putney_tube_station" title="East Putney tube station">East Putney tube station</a> (District line) is an 7-minute walk and <a href="/wiki/Putney_railway_station" title="Putney railway station">Putney railway station</a> (Southwestern Railway) is an 1-minute walk round the corner.<sup id="cite_ref-20" 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style="width:1%">Public libraries<br />and archives</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">National</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/British_Library" title="British Library">British Library</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Museum" title="British Museum">British Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imperial_War_Museum" title="Imperial War Museum">Imperial War Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Gallery" title="National Gallery">National Gallery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Poetry_Library" title="National Poetry Library">National Poetry Library</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Natural_History_Museum,_London" title="Natural History Museum, London">Natural History Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_Archives" title="Parliamentary Archives">Parliamentary Archives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Science_Museum,_London" title="Science Museum, London"> Science Museum</a> (<a href="/wiki/Dana_Research_Centre_and_Library" title="Dana Research Centre and Library">Dana Research Centre and Library</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_National_Archives_(United_Kingdom)" title="The National Archives (United Kingdom)">The National Archives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victoria_and_Albert_Museum" title="Victoria and Albert Museum">Victoria and Albert Museum</a> (<a href="/wiki/National_Art_Library" title="National Art Library">National Art Library</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/London_boroughs" title="London boroughs">Council</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/London_Borough_of_Barking_and_Dagenham" title="London Borough of Barking and Dagenham">Barking and Dagenham</a> (<a href="/wiki/Valence_House_Museum" title="Valence House Museum">Valence House Museum</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Borough_of_Barnet" title="London Borough of Barnet">Barnet</a> (<a href="/wiki/East_Finchley_Library" title="East Finchley Library">East Finchley Library</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Borough_of_Brent" title="London Borough of Brent">Brent</a> (<a href="/wiki/Kensal_Rise_Library" title="Kensal Rise Library">Kensal Rise Library</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Library_at_Willesden_Green" title="The Library at Willesden Green">The Library at Willesden Green</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_London" title="City of London">City of London</a> (Artizan Street Library, <a href="/wiki/Barbican_Library" title="Barbican Library">Barbican Library</a>, <a href="/wiki/Guildhall_Library" title="Guildhall Library">Guildhall Library</a>, <a href="/wiki/London_Metropolitan_Archives" class="mw-redirect" title="London Metropolitan Archives">London Metropolitan Archives</a>, Shoe Lane Library)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Westminster" title="City of Westminster">City of Westminster</a> (<a href="/wiki/Westminster_Reference_Library" title="Westminster Reference Library">Westminster Reference Library</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Borough_of_Camden" title="London Borough of Camden">Camden</a> (<a href="/wiki/Swiss_Cottage_Library" title="Swiss Cottage Library">Swiss Cottage Library</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Borough_of_Croydon" title="London Borough of Croydon">Croydon</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ashburton_Learning_Village" title="Ashburton Learning Village">Ashburton Library</a>, <a href="/wiki/Croydon_Central_Library" title="Croydon Central Library">Croydon Central Library</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Addington_Library" title="New Addington Library">New Addington Library</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Norwood_Library" title="South Norwood Library">South Norwood Library</a>, <a href="/wiki/Upper_Norwood_Library" title="Upper Norwood Library">Upper Norwood Library</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Borough_of_Haringey" title="London Borough of Haringey">Haringey</a> (<a href="/wiki/Muswell_Hill_Library" title="Muswell Hill Library">Muswell Hill Library</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Borough_of_Hillingdon" title="London Borough of Hillingdon">Hillingdon</a> (<a href="/wiki/Manor_Farm,_Ruislip" title="Manor Farm, Ruislip">Manor Farm</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Borough_of_Islington" title="London Borough of Islington">Islington</a> (Finsbury Library, <a href="/wiki/Islington_Local_History_Centre" title="Islington Local History Centre">Islington Local History Centre</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Borough_of_Kensington_and_Chelsea" title="Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea">Kensington and Chelsea</a> (<a href="/wiki/Kensington_Central_Library" title="Kensington Central Library">Kensington Central Library</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Borough_of_Lambeth" title="London Borough of Lambeth">Lambeth</a> (<a href="/wiki/Brixton_Library" title="Brixton Library">Brixton Library</a>, <a href="/wiki/Carnegie_Library,_Herne_Hill" title="Carnegie Library, Herne Hill">Carnegie Library</a>, <a href="/wiki/Durning_Library" title="Durning Library">Durning Library</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lambeth_Archives" title="Lambeth Archives">Lambeth Archives</a>, <a href="/wiki/Minet_Library" title="Minet Library">Minet Library</a>, <a href="/wiki/Streatham_Library" title="Streatham Library">Streatham Library</a>, <a href="/wiki/Upper_Norwood_Library" title="Upper Norwood Library">Upper Norwood Library</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Borough_of_Merton" title="London Borough of Merton">Merton</a> (<a href="/wiki/Mitcham_Library" title="Mitcham Library">Mitcham Library</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Borough_of_Southwark" title="London Borough of Southwark">Southwark</a> (<a href="/wiki/Dulwich_Library" title="Dulwich Library">Dulwich Library</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Harvard_Library" title="John Harvard Library">John Harvard Library</a>, <a href="/wiki/Peckham_Library" title="Peckham Library">Peckham Library</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Borough_of_Tower_Hamlets" title="London Borough of Tower Hamlets">Tower Hamlets</a> (<a href="/wiki/Idea_Store" title="Idea Store">Idea Store</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Borough_of_Wandsworth" title="London Borough of Wandsworth">Wandsworth</a> (<a href="/wiki/Battersea_Central_Library" title="Battersea Central Library">Battersea Central Library</a>, <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Putney Library</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other libraries<br />and archives</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Academic</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Imperial_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Imperial College">Imperial College</a> (<a href="/wiki/Imperial_College_London_Abdus_Salam_Library" class="mw-redirect" title="Imperial College London Abdus Salam Library">Abdus Salam Library</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/King%27s_College_London" title="King's College London">King's College London</a> (<a href="/wiki/Maughan_Library" title="Maughan Library">Maughan Library</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_School_of_Economics" title="London School of Economics">London School of Economics</a> (<a href="/wiki/British_Library_of_Political_and_Economic_Science" title="British Library of Political and Economic Science">British Library of Political and Economic Science</a>, <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Library" title="Women's Library">Women's Library</a>, <a href="/wiki/LSE_Shaw_Library" title="LSE Shaw Library">Shaw Library</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_the_Arts_London" title="University of the Arts London">University of the Arts London</a> (<a href="/wiki/Stanley_Kubrick_Archive" title="Stanley Kubrick Archive">Stanley Kubrick Archive</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_London" title="University of London">University of London</a> (<a href="/wiki/Senate_House_Libraries" title="Senate House Libraries">Senate House Libraries</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Charitable</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bishopsgate_Library" title="Bishopsgate Library">Bishopsgate Library</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feminist_Library" title="Feminist Library">Feminist Library</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Skaryna_Belarusian_Library_and_Museum" title="Francis Skaryna Belarusian Library and Museum">Francis Skaryna Belarusian Library and Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Library_for_Iranian_Studies_(London)" class="mw-redirect" title="Library for Iranian Studies (London)">Library for Iranian Studies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marx_Memorial_Library" title="Marx Memorial Library">Marx Memorial Library</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum" title="Polish Institute and Sikorski Museum">Polish Institute and Sikorski Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wellcome_Library" title="Wellcome Library">Wellcome Library</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wiener_Library_for_the_Study_of_the_Holocaust_and_Genocide" class="mw-redirect" title="Wiener Library for the Study of the Holocaust and Genocide">Wiener Library for the Study of the Holocaust and Genocide</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Informal</th><td 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href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Parliament of the United Kingdom">UK Parliament</a> (<a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_Library" title="House of Commons Library">House of Commons Library</a>, <a href="/wiki/House_of_Lords_Library" title="House of Lords Library">House of Lords Library</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former libraries<br />and archives</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/British_War_Library" title="British War Library">British War Library</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cotton_library" title="Cotton library">Cotton library</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grosvenor_Gallery_Library" title="Grosvenor Gallery Library">Grosvenor Gallery Library</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Limehouse_Library" title="Limehouse Library">Limehouse Library</a></li> <li><a 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