Cambridge 2000: Mill Road: Bharat Bhavan (was Mill Road Library)

Date photograph taken: 21 Jun 2009	(Alternative map: Google map)

This was a typically grand Victorian library. In 1996, the county council closed it down, to save money. The council then provided a lease on the property to an organisation known as Bharat Bhavan, which means House of India, and the building served as a Hindu shrine and community centre, until the lease was terminated in 2019.

The council then did a major refurbishment of the building and in 2022 offered it for sale or lease.

The white boards along the top in the photo hid what were originally windows that provided natural light into the library. These boards were removed as part of the refurbishment.

Other photographs within 200 m:

• 90 m: Headly Street: 21-45
• 130 m: Gwydir Street: David Parr House, 186
• 140 m: Gwydir Street: antiques stores
• 170 m: Mill Road: St Barnabas Church
• 190 m: St Barnabas Road: 41-43