The Three Graces - Liverpool Waterfront - Royal Liver Building (Liver Bird) and Port of Liverpool Building (copper dome) : 無料・フリー素材/写真
The Three Graces - Liverpool Waterfront - Royal Liver Building (Liver Bird) and Port of Liverpool Building (copper dome) / ell brown
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| 説明 | The Three Graces - Liverpool Waterfront.All Grade II* listed buildings (apart from the nearby modern buildings).The Three Graces: Royal Liver Building, The Cunard Building and The Port of Liverpool BuildingSJ 3390 GEORGES PIER HEADL327/503 Royal Liver BuildingIron railings andstone piers surrounding12.7.66 Royal Liver Building.(formerly listed underG.V. I Pier Head)Office building. 1908-10. Aubrey Thomas. Concrete framewith granite cladding. 8 storeys, and 2 storeys of attics.9 bays, 13-bay returns. Front has 4 giantbuttress/projections each of 1 bay width, the middle 2framing a semi-circular portico of Ionic columns withbalustraded parapet; a smaller semi-circular projectingwindow above with shield of arms and Ionic columns. Groundand 1st floors rusticated. Ground floor has round-archedwindows. Upper floors to 2nd, 3rd, 7th and 8th baysrecessed behind parapet and scrolls. Windows with mullionsand transoms of 3 lights. Those to projecting bays withtransom only. Those to 5th and 6th floors in round headedrecesses with balconies. Top floor recessed behind Doriccolonnade. Frieze and bracketed cornice. Receding atticswith parapets. Roof piled up with turrets and domes inreceding stages. Clock towers with copper liver birds ontop. Iron railings and stone piers all round at base. Oneof the 1st multi-storey concrete framed buildings in theworld.Listing NGR: SJ3388090329SJ 3390 GEORGES PIER HEAD L3 27/501 Port of Liverpool Building and stone balustrade,iron gates and piers(formerly 12.7.66. listed as Offices at Mersey Docks and Harbour Board) G.V. II* Office building. 1907. Arnold Thornely. Portland tone. Basement and 5 storeys, 13 bays wide with canted corner bays, ll-bay returns. Rusticated basement ground and 1st floor window round-headed, 1st floors, and corner bays. 2nd, central and 12th bays break forward. Ground floor window round-headed, 1st floor windows in eared architraves. 2nd and 3rd floors recessed behind attached Ionic colonnade with entablature and central open pediment containing bulls eye and dolphins, at ends round open pediments containing attic window. 3rd floor window of 3 lights, with colonnettes supporting open segmental pediments, and balustraded balconies. 4th floor window of 3 lights with colonnettes, centre and end bays have Diocletian windows. Attic has round-headed window with projecting panelled blocks between. Entrance in tunnel-vaulted recess with keystone and pediment, flanked by statues on plinths with ships in cornucopias over. End octagonal towers with tall glazed drums and coupled Ionic columns supporting domes. Central dome on 2-stage drum. 1st stage with Ionic colonnade and 4 projecting aedicules containing niches, 2nd stage recessed behind balustrade. Copper dome surmounted by lantern with 4 aedicules and obelisk. Interior has full height octagonal hall with coffered dome. Round-arched openings to galleries with iron railings and solid balconies with lamp standards to alternate floors. Mosaic paving. 2 square stone piers opposite the entrance, with dentilled cornices and globes with gilded continents; 4 iron gates and gate piers. Also stone balustrade across whole front, curving from entrance piers, with stone lamp holders on ends, and continuing round the whole building with stone lamp holders at intervals, in the form of naval monuments with draped urns on top. Also iron gates and piers at each end of forecourt. Listing NGR: SJ3392290208This text is a legacy record and has not been updated since the building was originally listed. Details of the building may have changed in the intervening time. You should not rely on this listing as an accurate description of the building.Source: English Heritage |
| 撮影日 | 2013-10-20 15:45:20 |
| 撮影者 | ell brown , Birmingham, United Kingdom |
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| 撮影地 | Liverpool, England, United Kingdom 地図 |
| カメラ | FinePix S2980 , FUJIFILM |
| 露出 | 0.002 sec (1/500) |
| 開放F値 | f/11.0 |