Existing Library Front Elevation

Everton Library

Campaign to re-establish technical institute in Victorian Jewel

The Grade-II listed library and technical institute was first opened in 1896, issuing over 400,000 books in its first year and cementing its status as a much-loved haven for learning in a densely populated neighbourhood of the city. This gem was aptly gifted it’s local name of the ‘Jewel on The Hill’. Following it’s closure in 1999, the condition of the library has deteriorated significantly and a campaign to restore the library has focussed on proposals to save the Victorian jewel by re-establishing the home of the technical institute as a base for developing green construction skills in the region. It will also house a genealogy library to capture the work of the Lost Tribe of Everton - those who were moved from the old terraced streets from the so-called slum clearances of the 1960s and never forgot their former spiritual home. The library captures the spirit of the place, connecting views to Anfield, and the wider city beyond.

Paper Section through proposal for Everton Library

Ground Floor Spatial Plan

Community sustainbility talks including HSA’s Kaite Beeby

As part of our involvement in campaigning to restore Everton Library with Polly Port CIC, we have contributed to a number of community engagement events from celebrating the Library’s 125th birthday, through a weekend long of creative and cultural activities for all ages, to organising a series of local talks on intangible heritage, zero carbon buildings and community energy hubs to open a discussion on restoring the library. Each event has built advocacy in the community, helping to establish how people can best deploy their skills throughout the library restoration campaign and restoration itself through activating ambassadors and strengthening future governance which is bottom up.