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The Preston Guild Festival: the proposed townhall, 1862. Creator: Unknown.

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The Preston Guild Festival: the proposed townhall, 1862. A '...townhall (designed by G. G. Scott) which will vie with those much-admired civic palaces of Belgium. The ground floor will, according to plan, comprise a large exchange-room, with suitable offices for the discharge of municipal business. On the upper floor will be a large room fitted for public meetings, with gallery, orchestra, and council-room. Along the principal front is a bold arcade carried by coupled columns, and at the end a lofty clock-tower. According to the Builder, the walls are to be built of local stone. Granite and marble columns are interspersed among others of stone, so as to relieve the colours constructively. Sculptured decorations, too, will he extensively introduced in numerous foliated capitals, panels, and statues. The estimated cost is £30,000'. From "Illustrated London News", 1862.

Date

1862

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM24A09_356

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NA

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Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

21,2Mo (1,9Mo) / 22,2cm x 23,9cm / 2627 x 2823 (300dpi)

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