Great Central Warehouse University Library, University of Lincoln
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The Great Central Warehouse University Library (GCW) is the main library of the University of Lincoln, a higher-education institution in England. The building has won several awards for its sensitive conversion from a derelict former railway grain-storage warehouse.
The GCW was constructed in 1907 by the Great Central Railway. It spent the second half of the twentieth century as a builder's warehouse before falling in to disrepair in 1998.
It was converted into a library (designed by the University's in-house team of architects) and was formally opened in 2004 by the chief executive of the UK's Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education.
In 2005, the conversion won gold and silver for conservation and regeneration at the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Regional Awards in Leicester. It has also gained awards from the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA).
The University also runs libraries at its branch campuses at Holbeach, Kingston-upon-Hull and Riseholme. In total, the University's four libraries house more than a third of a million items.
