Paragon Hotel - Moseley Street : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Paragon Hotel - Moseley Street / ell brown
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| 説明 | This is the Paragon Hotel on the corner of Moseley Street and Alcester Street in Highgate / Southside, Birmingham.It was formerly Parkview House, and long before that Rowton House hostel.These were taken from Moseley Street.It is Grade II listed.1903-4 built as a massive Rowton House hostel on a scale and with a socialpurpose as characteristic of the city at this date as is the quality of thematerials and the decorative finish. A vast quadriangular block of brightred quality brick with 5 storeys basement and attics. One long narrow windowedelevation articulated by shallow breaks with broad gables and triangularribs rising from second floor sill course. The massiveness of the block isenlivened by good buff terracota dressings and finials, with the feature ofoctagonal corner towers slightly stepped at each stage and crowned by coppersheathed conical roofs. There is decorative terracota work in the gablesand terracota dragons with shields as gargoyles to the top stage of the towers.The gabled porch is entirely terracota faced with flanking to cupola cappedoctagonal turrets. The central finial is surmounted by a finely modelledfigure of a boy bearing what was probably a light fitting on his back whilstin the spandrels of the door arch are delicately wrought relief panels withboys of similar type representing industry and rural poverty or farming life.Tall cast iron railings to area. Commanding hillside site.Paragon Hotel - Heritage GatewayAlong Alcester Street, the Paragon Hotel, built as a Rowton House (lodging house for working men) of 1903-5 by their regular architect Harry B. Measures. Bright red Ruabon brick. Picturesque skyline, with big shaped gables. Octagonal corner towers turning circular, with conical copper roofs and buff terracotta dragons holding shields by Edwards or Ruabon. Below, plain elevations with ranges of sashes, originally lighting 819 cubicles. Converted to a hotel c. 1990 and interiors lost.From Pevsner Architectural Guides: Birmingham by Andy Foster |
| 撮影日 | 2011-03-19 09:35:33 |
| 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 | 0.007 sec (1/140) |
| 開放F値 | f/6.4 |