85 to 95 Cornwall Street, Birmingham : 無料・フリー素材/写真
85 to 95 Cornwall Street, Birmingham / ell brown
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| 説明 | Victorian / Edwardian buildings on Cornwall Street.I returned to Cornwall Street as I spotted a blue plaque on the side of the Birmingham & Midland Institute.Grade II* listed buildings including from right to left - 85 and 87 Cornwall Street, 89 and 91 Cornwall Street, 93 Cornwall Street and 95 Cornwall Street.Heritage Gateway listings:85 and 87 Cornwall Street1899, by William Henman and Thomas Cooper for Dr J E Parrott. In an Arts andCrafts style and as subtly asymmetrical as it is interesting. Brick and stone.Three storeys plus attic; 3 bays beneath a big gable plus a fourth narrow bayrepresenting the plane of the street and with a narrow sash window in mouldedsurround on each floor. Ground floor rectangular in plan with 2 arched windowson the left, the entrance up steps within an arched porch and 3 narrow flat-headedsash windows on the right. Above the rectangular ground floor 2 canted bay windowsrise through first and second floors divided by french windows above the entrancethat give on to the balconies formed by a balustraded arcade at first floor leveland by a range of Tuscan columns at second floor level. The fenestration of the 2bay windows completely different and the left-hand one at first floor level evenseems to indicate 2 floors. In the gable a tripartite window beneath a semi-circularpediment; either side of the gable a pedimented dormer window. Nothing inside. Oneof an important group of houses.-----89 and 91 Cornwall Street1904, by C E Bateman. In an Arts and Crafts style and subtly asymmetrical incomposition. Brick with stone dressings. Four storeys plus basement; 5 bays, thefirst blank, the third with the entrance to No 91. The fifth with the entranceto No 89 and the second and fourth with canted bay windows rising from basementto second floor level where they terminate in a gadrooned frieze and cornice. Thebay windows all sashes with rusticated heads and glazing bars. The entrances upsteps and flanked by pilasters with open scrolly pediments, that to No 89 with atablet above, that to No 91 with a little window with leaded lights and shell hood.Oculi in bays 1, 3 and 5 at second floor level. Third floor with 3 sash windowsin moulded frames with super-arches in whose tympana diamonds. Above that, a deepparapet with wreaths and chequerwork alternating. Nothing inside. One of animportant group of houses.-----------93 Cornwall Street1902, by T W F Newton and Cheattle for Sir James Sawyer. Brick with stone dressings;green slate roof. In an Arts and Crafts style. Three storeys plus basement andattic; 3 bays. Ground floor with 2 windows and the entrance up steps and beneatha large flat moulded canopy hanging from iron brackets. First floor with 3 windows.All these windows rectangular and with big keystones. Second floor with 3 windowswith segmental heads. All windows sashes, within stone surrounds with aprons andlinked across the facade of the building by 3 broad stone bands. Fine rainwaterheads left and right beneath the segmental parapet with upswept ends. In the roof2 pedimented dormer sash windows, not of the more usual type but heavier. Spendidiron area railings of excellent design. Nothing inside. One of an important groupof houses.--------------95 Cornwall Street1901, by T W F Newton and Cheattle for Smith Priestly. Brick and stone, greenslate roof. In an Arts and Crafts style. Three storeys plus basement and attic;3 bays separated in the first and second floors by giant pilasters, the outer onesto be oddly deduced, as it were, from the half-capitals. Ground floor of stone,pilastered and with 2 windows and a heavy porch with a parapet as exceedingly deepas is the stone band at first and second floor levels. First and second floors eachwith 3 windows. All windows sashes with glazing bars. Inside bracketted cornice andparapet with upswept ends. In the roof 3 dormer sash windows with flat heads.Splendid iron railings of excellent design with overthrow to the area stairs.Nothing inside. One of an important group of houses. |
| 撮影日 | 2011-05-02 10:30:26 |
| 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 | 0.005 sec (1/220) |
| 開放F値 | f/6.4 |