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Description: | An ornate Italian Gothic offices and library of the North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers. Beneath a corbel over the entrance there is a high-relief carving of a kneeling miner in medieval tunic holding a hammer and chisel. Seven griffins adorn pilasters flanking the first-storey windows. (Three griffins have at some time been removed and two of these now guard the entrance to the builders, Easten Stephen Ltd, 275 Westgate Road.) Eight drainpipes are decorated with lions' heads and the ground floor spandrels contain shields with coats of arms. Elsewhere, corbels, capitals, windows and the string-course have rich foliate decoration. | Subjects: | Â Sculpture | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Sculptor: Not known Architect: Dunn, Archibold | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=7544... | Go to resource |
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