Chamberlain Clock Tower and the Great Hall from Selly Oak : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Chamberlain Clock Tower and the Great Hall from Selly Oak / ell brown
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| 説明 | Views of the Chamberlain Clock Tower from Selly Oak, on the Bristol Road.It is a Grade II listed building. It is also known as the Joseph Chamberlain Memorial Clock Tower, with the nicknames Old Joe, Big Joe or simply Clock Tower.It was built to commemorate the first Chancellor of the University - Joseph Chamberlain. One of the suggested names was Poynting Tower, after one of the early professors of the University - Professor John Henry Poynting.It was designed as an initial part of the University Campus by the architects Aston Webb and Ingress Bell. It was constructed between 1900 and 1908.The centre focal point of the D plan group of main university buildings designedby Sir Aston Webb and Ingress Bell, 1900-1909. Dramatically soaring bright,machined red brick campanile clock tower of tapering square section rising sheerfrom the forecourt with a corbelled top stage and lantern.Chamberlain Tower - Heritage GatewayNext to the tower is the Great Hall and Quadrant Range, which is a Grade II* listed building. It includes the Aston Webb building.1900-1909 by Sir Aston Webb and Ingress Bell, the D plan group main universitybuilding of which only part were completed to the original design. The GreatHall opposite the tower is the central axial building, to its front is a squareentrance hall with a giant round arched mullioned window, above an ornatefrieze over the loggia doorways, flanked by tapering square corner turrets(to rear as well) which are topped by small ribbed domes. Over the hall risesa low octagonal drum supporting a large ribbed dome and a miniature lantern.Red brick and stone and buff terracotta dressings, but the conception is moreByzantine than Renaissance. Behind the domed and galleried entrance hall withornate Renaissance grotesque relief carving, lies the Great Hall itself, avast tunnel vaulted space with cross vaulted2 storey side galleries. Rich grotesque carving. Lavish stained glass byT R Spence. The centrepiece of the hall has 2 storey quadrant links formingthe wing pavilions, 2 to the west but only one completed to the east. Theserelate on a smaller 2 storey scale to the Great Hall being square on plan andwith similar ribbed domes but with round corner turrets, wings extendingbehind. Flat lintelled window ranges on ground floor and large frescoedfriezes by Anning Bell below the parapets on the first floor level. The linkranges have segmental arched windows. Modern part to east not of special interest.Great Hall and Quadrant Range - Heritage Gateway |
| 撮影日 | 2009-12-22 12:26:37 |
| 撮影者 | ell brown , Birmingham, United Kingdom |
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| 撮影地 | Birmingham, England, United Kingdom 地図 |
| カメラ | FinePix S1500 , FUJIFILM |
| 露出 | 0.002 sec (1/480) |
| 開放F値 | f/6.4 |
| 焦点距離 | 20 mm |