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Fulham Library is a
Grade II listed In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Ir ...
building at 598 Fulham Road,
Fulham Fulham () is an area of the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham in West London, England, southwest of Charing Cross. It lies on the north bank of the River Thames, bordering Hammersmith, Kensington and Chelsea. The area faces Wandswo ...
, London. It was built in 1908, and the architect was
Henry Hare Henry Thomas Hare (1860–1921) was an English architect who was born in Scarborough, Yorkshire and educated in Sheffield and Harrogate. Career At the age of 16 he was articled to the Scarborough architect C A Bury but left after four years t ...
. A library has existed on the site since at least 1894. Among the staff was Edward Dudley, winner of the
Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals The Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals, since 2017 branded CILIP: The library and information association (pronounced ), is a professional body for librarians, information specialists and knowledge managers in th ...
first Cilip medal, who worked there as a librarian from 1936 to 1939.


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* Fulham Grade II listed library buildings Grade II listed buildings in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham Library buildings completed in 1908 Buildings by Henry Hare 1908 establishments in England {{UK-listed-building-stub