The Old Library, Rednal

I didn't have time for a lunchtime walk today, but went out in the evening to the local pub in Rednal for a couple of beers with a friend. On the way there I took this photo of the former public library.

It was built in 1909 on a site donated by members of the Cadbury family, and paid for by the philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. It was closed in 1995 and is now residential. There was still a library in Rednal, in a temporary building, when we first moved to the area, but it closed a few years ago and has not been replaced.