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Description: | On both north and south facades there is a bas-relief on the tympanum within the pediment at the top of the building. The pediment is formed by the red brick outlines of a main gable, joined at the lower ends by a similar band of red brick, contrasting with the yellow brick of the building. On the south relief is a cartouche with SLB on it with a swag of husks and fruit below and a pineapple with acanthus leaves above. A strapwork design extends to much of the tympanum. On the left of the cartouche is a woman with a book teaching a little girl. On the right is a young man teaching a small boy with an abacus with three beads on each rod. Their clothes are of romantic peasantry style. On the north relief is a central circular plaque with 1888 with pretend hanging straps above and handles on each side; a swag below and bow knot above and strapwork all round. Left of the plaque is a woman with an artist's palette in her left hand and a brush in her right, seated on a stylised bench. Right of the plaque is an elderly man with long beard similarly seated, his right hand on a large cogwheel standing upright on the ground, his left hand holding a sextant. Their clothes are vaguely classical or mythological. All seem through binoculars to be beautifully and deeply carved. | Subjects: | Sculpture | Source: | Vads | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=6982... | Go to resource |
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