Editing Crofton Park (section)

===Library===
Crofton Park Library, originally known as Brockley Branch Library, was opened in October 1905 to serve the expanding local population. It is a [[List of Carnegie libraries in Europe|Carnegie library]]. Its architect was Alfred L Guy, ARIBA, and it was constructed by F J Gortham of [[Greenwich]]. The library is of an eclectic Edwardian free-style composition. Its entrance facade is dominated by a broad [[Dutch gable]] and an octagonal tower with a domed roof. The building sustained damage when the neighbouring Crofton Park Station was bombed in 1940 and 1945, losing two glass dome skylights and the leaded glass in the ground floor windows. The library was refurbished in 1959–60.<ref>Photographs at Lewisham Local Studies and Archives Centre.</ref> The library building has been given local listing by Lewisham Borough Council, which describes it as making "a handsome contribution towards the streetscape".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lewisham.gov.uk/myservices/planning/conservation/Pages/Locally-listed-buildings.aspx |title=Lewisham Council – Locally-listed buildings |publisher=Lewisham.gov.uk |accessdate=14 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130129024319/http://www.lewisham.gov.uk/myservices/planning/conservation/Pages/Locally-listed-buildings.aspx |archive-date=29 January 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 2011, the library was outsourced by the council to be run as a Community run model, by Eco Computer Systems, now renamed Eco Communities. The library takes computer and book donations to help with the running costs of the building.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://libraries.communityknowledgehub.org.uk/study/crofton-park-community-library |title=Crofton Park Community Library &#124; Libraries Community Knowledge Hub |publisher=Libraries.communityknowledgehub.org.uk |date=16 January 2012 |accessdate=14 July 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lewisham.gov.uk/myservices/libraries/branches/Pages/community-library-service.aspx |title=Lewisham Council – Community library services |publisher=Lewisham.gov.uk |accessdate=14 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130830152106/http://www.lewisham.gov.uk/myservices/libraries/branches/Pages/Community-library-service.aspx |archive-date=30 August 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Crofton Park Library Saved: Three Years On |url=https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/youngreporter/11560361.crofton-park-library-saved-three-years-on/ |access-date=2022-11-07 |website=News Shopper |language=en}}</ref> The library is staffed by volunteers which meant unlike the Council run libraries it was closed for much of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns, finally reopening in April 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ELL libraries reopen with Covid safety rules – Eastlondonlines |url=https://www.eastlondonlines.co.uk/2021/04/ell-libraries-reopen-with-covid-safety-rules/ |access-date=2022-11-07 |website=www.eastlondonlines.co.uk}}</ref>