Council bosses say the cost of fixing one of Kent’s oldest libraries would take up almost its set entire budget for maintaining 300 buildings across the county. The Grade-II listed site in Grace Hill, Folkestone, which dates back to the 1880s, has been closed for two years and there are plans to move services into the town’s former Debenhams store. But cash-strapped Kent County Council (KCC) says its annual budget for maintaining non-school buildings is meant to be £3 million – and it would have to fork out £2.9 million to fix the library. It means the historic landmark, once used by HG Wells,…
