The Bookseller magazine this month reported Lambeth Council's Property Performance Report stated that Lambeth has a £35m backlog of building repairs. Comments on individual libraries included that the Carnegie Library in Herne Hill, donated by Andrew Carnegie, "would be ideal for sale for a private residential flat conversion", and that Minet Library, North Brixton, "could be closed." A Council spokesman said that, “Anyone who visits our libraries will know some of the buildings are old and need replacement.”
If you look at the Lambeth Council website now you will read, 'As part of the London Open House weekend, Carnegie Library will be hosting tours on the hour on Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 September 2009. Tours will be on first come basis and will include public areas, despatch room and the garden. Carnegie Library is a picturesque Grade II listed building, combining framework with Tudor style mullioned and leaded windows.'
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