Selly Oak Bypass - Aston Webb Boulevard - Chamberlain Clock Tower and Great Hall - University of Birmingham : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Selly Oak Bypass - Aston Webb Boulevard - Chamberlain Clock Tower and Great Hall - University of Birmingham / ell brown
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| 説明 | This is the new Selly Oak Bypass, the new route of the A38 through Selly Oak. The road is called the Aston Webb Boulevard.From the pair of railway bridges to the Bristol Road (past the University).Views of the Chamberlain Clock Tower of the University of Birmingham.Grade II listedChamberlain Tower, Birmingham UNIVERSITY ROAD 1. 5104 Edgbaston B15 Chamberlain Tower SP 08 SW 11/3 II 2. The centre focal point of the D plan group of main university buildings designed by Sir Aston Webb and Ingress Bell, 1900-1909. Dramatically soaring bright, machined red brick campanile clock tower of tapering square section rising sheer from the forecourt with a corbelled top stage and lantern. Listing NGR: SP0481083543Also the Great Hall of the University. Grade II* listed.Great Hall and Quadrant Range, BirminghamUNIVERSITY ROAD1.5104Edgbaston B15Great Hall andQuadrant Rangeformerly listed asBirmingham University(Main Buildings)SP 08 SW 11/4 21.1.70II*2.1900-1909 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.Listing NGR: SP0472283539 |
| 撮影日 | 2012-09-15 11:24:32 |
| 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 S2980 , FUJIFILM |
| 露出 | 0.007 sec (1/140) |
| 開放F値 | f/10.0 |