Thomas Plume's Library presents an exhibition of books about Architecture
Thomas Plume's Library, Plume Building, Market Hill, Maldon, Essex, CM9 4PZ
Thomas Plume’s Library was founded in 1704 under the terms of the will of Dr Thomas Plume, Vicar of Greenwich and Archdeacon of Rochester, who had been born in Maldon in 1630. He bequeathed to his native town his collection of c.8,100 books and pamphlets, to be kept in the building which he had constructed from the ruins of the old St Peter’s Church in the centre of the town, on the corner of Market Hill and the High Street. Plume collected many theological books, as did most collectors of the time, but he was also interested in the new scientific discoveries of the period in which he lived. The exhibition on architecture will provide an opportunity for visitors to see the development of architecture from the early modern period to more recent times.
Thomas Plume's Library, Plume Building, Market Hill, Maldon, Essex, CM9 4PZ
Entry is via a short spiral stone staircase.