Piccadilly Circus, London - Lillywhites - The Criterion Theatre - The 39 Steps : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Piccadilly Circus, London - Lillywhites - The Criterion Theatre - The 39 Steps / ell brown
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| 説明 | At Piccadilly Circus in London.Night shots of buildings and the fountain.This building is now Lillywhites.Grade II* listed.5-9, WestminsterTQ 2980 NE CITY OF WESTMINSTER PICCADILLY, Wl71/75 (south side, PiccadillyCircus)5.2.70 Nos. 218 to 223(consec.)with the CriterionTheatre and Restaurant =(Including Nos. 5 to 9(consec.) Jermyn Street)G.V. II*Restaurant, theatre and former hotel. Nos. 218 to 221 including thetheatre and 9 Jermyn Street: 1870-74, with the annexe Nos. 222-23 of1878-79 and its extension to Jermyn Street of 1885 - all by Thomas Verity.Painted stone, slate roofs. Rich eclectic classicism owing more thana little to Charles Garnier. 3 storeys with lofty 2nd floor and dormeredmansard and pavilion roof. Original block with 3-window wide centreslightly recessed from one-window wide pedimented pavilion-wings. Groundfloor has channelled and panelled piers with canopies to restaurant andtheatre entrances in wings, that to theatre with ornamental iron bracketsand enrichments with white glass lettering to valence. 1st floor hassquare headed windows between pilastered piers rising from dentil cornicedentablature to support entablature with enriched frieze, in the wings thewindows are tripartite and the flanking piers have aediculed segmentalpedimented niches containing statues. The central 3 windows of the 2ndfloor, set on an enriched panelled pseudo-pedestal, are arcaded with Ionichalf-columns flanking the piers, the spandrels carved with draped femalefigures, festoons and foliage; the wings on this floor have Ionic columnedVenetian windows with fan patterned lunettes and are flanked by pairs ofCorinthian pilasters. Deep entablature with pediments over wings setagainst high pedestalled parapet. The annexe continues the storey heightand above the mid C.20 shop front is generally similar in the design of its3 window bays to the original, the 2nd floor having the same centralVenetian window motif as on the pavilion wings. Ornamental iron windowguards to 1st floor and stone colonette balustrading to 2nd floor windowsbowed out as balconette to centre window of original block. Of originalinterior features of the Criterion Restaurant that survive the tunnelvaulted "Long Bar" with its "glistening" gold mosaic decoration and thefirst floor banqueting room are of note. The Criterion Theatre itself isexceptional in being located in the basement. Approached by foyercorridors and staircase lined with richly polychromed tiles and paintedtile panels alternating with large plate mirrors the auditorium is stillsubstantially that of 1874 with the 1884 remodelling. 2 tiers ofbalconies, lyre shaped above horseshoe, supported on slender wreathedcolumns and with open work fronts all of cast iron. 2 more substantialcolumns with superimposed octagonal shafts support the flat circular mainceiling with shallow Rococo relief panels radiating around laylight.Enriched proscenium frame. As the theatre is in the basement scenery canonly be moved via the auditorium - hence the openable prompt-side box;likewise there is no fly space and the safety-Curtain slides up in two parts.The Criterion is a unique survival of a Victorian entertainment complex.Survey of London; Vol, XXIX.The Theatres of London; Mander and Mitchenson.Also here is - The Criterion Theatre home of The 39 Steps. |
| 撮影日 | 2011-11-25 18:58:10 |
| 撮影者 | ell brown , Birmingham, United Kingdom |
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| 撮影地 | London, England, United Kingdom 地図 |
| カメラ | FinePix S1500 , FUJIFILM |
| 露出 | 0.033 sec (1/30) |
| 開放F値 | f/2.8 |