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Town Hall, Parade, Leamington Spa and statue of Queen Victoria / ell brown
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| 説明 | The Town Hall and statue of Queen Victoria in Leamington Spa. On Parade.The magnificent late Victorian Town Hall in Leamington Spa.The town hall is used by Warwick District Council and Royal Leamington Spa Town Council. The majority of councillor meetings are held within the building and are open to the public.The Town Hall is Grade II listed.Municipal buildings. 1882-84 with later additions andalterations. Architect, John Cundall; building contractor,John Fell of Leamington. Stained glass by Holt of Warwick andcarving and sculpture by Boulton of Cheltenham.Pinkish-red brick with sandstone ashlar dressings and Welshslate roof, partly fish-scaled. 'Alderman's Renaissance'style, incorporating Tudor and French baroque elements.PLAN: double-depth with central hallway; full-width ballroomto first-floor at left with full-width council chamber tofirst-floor at right; 2 storeys with attic to centre, 5 baysof which the two end and centre bays project, and with towerto south approximately 44 metres high.EXTERIOR: central projecting portico to ground floor hasbanded pillars surmounted by balustrade. First floor: pairs ofTuscan pilasters clasp angles of outer bays. Above portico,paired Corinthian columns to ends of centre bay with singlecolumns between windows, decorated frieze with masks,surmounted by central upshot between obelisks and furtherpedimented upshot.Ground floor: entrance, steps to double, part-glazed, panelleddoors recessed within ornate, round-arched surround. 2- and3-light mullion and transom windows with banded pilastersbetween.First floor, outer bays: to left a tripartite, round-archedwindow with 4/4 sashes and decorative glazing to heads; toright a 5-sided oriel with mullion and two levels of transomsbetween 2-light mullion and transom windows with two levels oftransoms. Otherwise 1-, 2- and 3-light mullion and transomwindows, that to centre with swan-neck pediment.Attic stage: blind to outer bays which are surmounted bydecorative pedimented upshots with obelisks.To centre 3 bays are 2- and 3-light mullion and transomwindows, surmounted by pedimented upshots, more elaborate tocentre with lunette with mosaic decoration and flankingobelisks. Roof stacks. Central squared and flattened domesurmounted by ornate balcony.Clock tower has clasping pilasters, clock face to 4 sides,balcony, 3-light belfry openings and peaked dome cap. Returnshave 2- and 3- light mullion and transom windows.Inscriptions: to foundation stone: 'THIS STONE WAS LAID BYALDERMAN HENRY BRIGHT J.P. MAYOR OF LEAMINGTON OCTOBER 171882.' Above door: 'This building was opened Sept 18th 1884,by the Mayor Sidney Flavel Junr. Esqr. J.P.'INTERIOR: central imperial staircase has Romanesquebalustrade, and is ornamented with figures, pilasters andarcades to walls, stained glass staircase window. Councilchamber has wood panelling with pilasters with lion-masksabove; balcony to rear; to front the bay window formschairman's 'apse'; painted stone chimneypiece with lion masks;stained glass window with scenes from Shakespeare 'PRESENTEDBY SIDNEY FLAVEL JUNR JP MAYOR 1883-4'. Assembly Rooms toleft has paired 'Corinthian' pilasters around walls andpanelled ceiling; stained glass windows have musicalinstruments.HISTORICAL NOTE: the total cost of land, buildings, fittingand furniture was about 20,000.(Town Hall Centenary 1984: The Present Town Hall 1884-1984:WGG; Cave LF: Royal Leamington Spa Its History andDevelopment: Chichester: 1988-: 132-7; Leamington Spa Courier:20.9.1884). The statue of Queen Victoria looks like the one in Birmingham's Victoria Square.The statue is Grade II listed.Statue of Queen Victoria, Royal Leamington Spa - British Listed BuildingsStatue of Victoria standing, holding orb and sceptre. 1901-02.Statue of Sicilian marble, approximately 3 metres high, on redAberdeen granite pedestal, approximately 4 metres high.Sculptor: Albert Toft. 1901-2. Cost 1,500. Signed on plinth:'Albert Toft'. Inscribed on front of pedestal: 'VictoriaQueen Empress 1837-1901 She wrought her people lastinggood' (quotation taken from Tennyson); and on back: 'Erectedby the people of Leamington October 11th 1902 WilliamDavis Mayor'. A plaque on the side of the pedestal recordsthat: 'A German bomb moved this statue one inch on its plinthon the 14th November 1940'.(Darby E: London, Courtauld Institute of Art PhD: 1983::Statues of Queen Victoria and of Prince Albert ..1837-1924:VOL II, 216; Building News: 17 October 1902: 540; LeamingtonSpa Courier: 18 October 1902: 7; Illustrated London News: 18October 1902: 586; Architect: 17 October 1902: 256).Queen Victoria visited Leamington Spa as a Princess in 1830. She gave the town it's "Royal" prefix in 1838. And she visited again as Queen in 1858. |
| 撮影日 | 2011-10-22 11:52:20 |
| 撮影者 | ell brown , Birmingham, United Kingdom |
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| 撮影地 | Leamington, 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 |