The Tate Library, Streatham. This library was one of three funded by Sir Henry Tate, the Tate & Lyle sugar magnate and philanthropist, who lived in Parkhill, Streatham. Designed by the architect Sydney R.Smith, it was opened by Sir Lyon Playfair M.P. in April 1891. View of the bust of Sir Henry Tate in the reference room. The window on the right overlooks Streatham High Road.Ref: M14-11-82\/ C9<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Tate Library, Streatham. This library was one of three funded by Sir Henry Tate, the Tate & Lyle sugar magnate and philanthropist, who lived in Parkhill, Streatham. Designed by the architect Sydney R.Smith, it was opened by Sir Lyon Playfair M.P. in April 1891. View of the bust of Sir Henry Tate in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21418,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[86,53,52,30,6,11,16,56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-1976-to-date","category-libraries","category-local-government","category-people","category-photograph","category-statues-and-memorials","category-streatham-central","category-tate-henry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n