St Mary?s Calne School Library Wiltshire, South West England Building, English Architecture Photos
St Mary?s Calne School Campus Library
2 November 2021
Design: Woods Bagot, Architects
Location: Wiltshire, South West England, UK

Photos by Will Pryce
St Mary?s Calne School Campus Wiltshire
The Woods Bagot London Studio has put the finishing touches on a beautiful new library at the heart of the St Mary?s Calne School campus in Wiltshire, UK. The library will act as a hub of inspiration and learning, with a striking design that incorporates the adjacent apple orchard and surrounding century-old buildings.

St Mary’s Calne is a leading independent boarding and day school for girls (aged 11-18), founded in 1873. The school appointed Woods Bagot in 2017 to design a two-storey library facility that would reposition the library as a hub for the school?s academic and social life. Following a collaborative design process that included the headmistress, staff, librarians, and students, the practice has delivered an environment which doesn?t just reflect best practice teaching & learning, but prepares students for the independence of their future academic lives to come.
Debby Ray, Principal and Project Lead from Woods Bagot, comments: ?We are over the moon to see this project come to life and cannot wait to hear how the students react to and engage with the space once they are back at school.
?This has certainly been a one-of-a-kind experience and we?ve enjoyed working so ...