Building Name
Reading room and teacher’s house Allonby
Date
1861
District/Town
Allonby
County/Country
Cumbria, England
Architect
Client
Joseph Pease M.P.
Work
New build
Status
converted to private residential
The reading rooms opened in 1862. Joseph Pease, M.P., a wealthy Quaker industrialist from County Durham commissioned Alfred Waterhouse (at age 32) to design the building. After years of dereliction, it has recently (2013) been restored as a family home.