Chester Library features elaborately moulded terracotta and red bricks. Its original home in St. John Street was demolished and this building was converted with the original façade retained. Philip Lockwood had built it in 1913 from a design for coachbuilders and the motor showroom of the Westminster Coach and Motor Car Works. It then housed an arts centre, which has sadly never been replaced. The library, town hall and Cathedral are within seconds of one another and make up one of the most stunning areas of the city.