Dulwich Library

{{Short description|Library in Dulwich, southeast London, England}}

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| established = {{Start date and age|df=y|1897|11|24}}

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| location = 368 Lordship Lane, Dulwich, London SE22 8NB

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Dulwich Library opened on 24 November 1897.{{cite news |title=Dulwich Public Library|date=26 November 1897 |page=3 |url=http://archive.timesonline.co.uk/tol/keywordsearch.arc?queryKeywords=DULWICH+PUBLIC+LIBRARY-Probably+no |website=The Times |quote=The first library in the parish [Camberwell] was opened in 1890, and there are now, including the Dulwich Library, which was opened on Wednesday afternoon, a central and four branch libraries. |access-date=April 10, 2022}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} It is an example of a Passmore Edwards library {{cite web| url = http://www.passmoreedwards.org.uk/pages/Libraries/Dulwich.htm| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20041012065214/http://passmoreedwards.org.uk/pages/Libraries/Dulwich.htm| archive-date = 2004-10-12| title = Library}} and is located at No. 368 Lordship Lane in East Dulwich, southeast London, England.

The Library is managed by Southwark Council. The library has been listed Grade II on the National Heritage List for England since March 2016.{{NHLE|num=1430885|desc=Dulwich Library|access-date=14 December 2017|mode=cs2}}

The library was designed by Charles Barry Jr. in his capacity as architect and surveyor to Dulwich College, who donated the site on which the library stands. It was built as a memorial to the Elizabethan actor Edward Alleyn, the founder of Dulwich College and Alleyn's School. The foundation stone of the library was laid by the prominent actor Henry Irving on 24 September 1896, and the library was subsequently opened by the Lord Chancellor, Lord Halsbury, on 24 November 1897.