Architecure. Sheffield Town Hall, interior hall preview. UK скачать в хорошем качестве

Architecure. Sheffield Town Hall, interior hall preview. UK

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheffiel... www.sheffield.gov.uk/out--about/tourist-information/town-hall.html I shot this video on 21/09/13 Sheffield's Town Hall was built considerably later than those of the same period in other industrial centres of Northern England. This seems to have been because of more urgent priorities in the minds of the Sheffield Council at the time. The Council appeared to be more concerned with tackling the many social problems caused by the trebling of Sheffield's population between 1843 and 1893, before erecting a prestige monument to the municipality. Of the 178 designs submitted, that of a Mr. E. W. Mountford was judged to be the best. Mr. F. W. Pomeroy was chosen to carry out and supervise the carving. The building was officially opened on 21st May, 1897 by Queen Victoria. Only four years later, the need for an extension was discussed and Mr. Mountford was instructed to prepare plans for it. Because of lack of sufficient finance and the outbreak of the Great War, it was not until 1923 that an extension materialised. This was to Mr. F. E. P. Edward's plan (the then City Architect). The cost was £115,600, and the extension was opened by The Prince of Wales on 29th May, 1923, twenty-six years after Queen Victoria had performed the original opening ceremony. Wedding, meeting and conference room hire in the Town Hall. www.sheffield.gov.uk/out--about/tourist-information/town-hall/main-entrance.html Main Entrance and Foyer The wrought iron gates were designed by E. W. Mountford and possess a remarkable similarity to some installed at the Old Bailey extensions of 1907, also designed by Mountford and made by the same company, J. W. Singers of Frome, Somerset. An amusing story surrounds the "first opening" of the gates by Queen Victoria, in 1897. Because of her age, The Queen remained in a landau on Pinstone Street. For the opening, the new miracle of electricity was to be employed. Appropriately The Queen turned the key in the special lock handed to her in her carriage. Miraculously, the gates slid open. Everyone present believed electric power was responsible. The truth was the key of the lock switched on a current to light a bulb inside the building. There, strong men were concealed and reacted to the signal by heaving the gates open manually. The display case is used to display Sheffield Plate and other memorabilia presented to the city at various times and is changed frequently. The two memorial plaques are for lives lost in the South African War and World War I, and the Foundation Stone was laid by the Mayor, Alderman William Johnson Clegg, on October 9th, 1891. The outstanding features are the six large sculptures by Pomeroy depicting virtues suitably captioned - Be just and fear not - Work while it is day for the night cometh - God shall rule and guide our Councils - Better it is to get wisdom than gold - Let all things be done with charity - Strength and temperance shall enforce the law. The Shield is from the cruiser ship "HMS SHEFFIELD", which saw action in World War II. The screen is carved out of oak and bears the Family Arms of the Duke of Norfolk and the Earl Fitzwilliam, both having early connections with Sheffield local government. www.sheffield.gov.uk/out--about/tourist-information/town-hall/coat-of-arms.html The arms were granted to the Sheffield Borough Council on 16th July 1875, and subsequently to the present City Council on 1st September 1977. The lion on the crest is taken from the Arms of the Dukes of Norfolk, lords of the manor of Sheffield; it appeared also in the Arms of the Talbot family, their predecessors in the lordship. The sheaf of arrows was the main motif in the seals of the Burgery of Sheffield and the Twelve Capital Burgesses, the two bodies which bore the brunt of local government in Sheffield before the creation of the Borough. The three wheatsheaves on a green field were probably chosen at the College of Arms as a play upon the name Sheffield which means "the open space by the River Sheaf". The two supporters, Vulcan and Thor, were chosen for their aptness to represent a place whose prosperity is almost entirely founded on the working of metal. Thor on the left, the smith of the Scandinavian gods has his hand resting on a hammer, and Vulcan on the right, the smith of the Greek and Roman gods, is standing in front of an anvil and is holding a pair of pincers. The motto (Deo Adjuvante Labor Proficit) may be roughly translated as "With God's help our labour is successful". www.sheffield.gov.uk/out--about/tourist-information/town-hall/main-entrance-hall.html