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The town hall, which was the headquarters of Jarrow Borough Council, is a Grade II listed building. The foundation stone for the new building was laid by Lady Gertrude Palmer, the wife of the local Member of Parliament Sir Charles Palmer, on 9 October 1902. The building was designed by a local architect, Fred Rennoldson, in the Baroque style, built in red brick with terracotta facings at a cost of £12,000 and was officially opened by Sir Charles Palmer on 15 June 1904. A three-face clock was added above the main entrance in 1951, possibly to mark the Festival of Britain in that year.
I like these brightly lit and coloured lanterns representing the Chinese terracotta army / terracotta warriors.
Whilst in Manchester I took a look at the London Road Fire Station building which has stood empty and derelict for years. Finally work is taking place with the building to be redeveloped with both leisure and hotel facilities. The window frames seem to have been renovated but there is clearly much work to do internally.
The Grade II* building was completed in 1906 and closed in 1986. The terracotta faience and detailing by Burmantofts is superb and it is to be hoped that it is not damaged by whatever cleaning is applied to it.
Colston Girls' School, Cheltenham Road, Bristol, now Montpelier High School. The school building was designed by William Venn Gough and was completed in 1891. It uses a polychrome mix of various Northern Renaissance styles, built in red Cattybrook brick with yellow brick and buff terracotta dressings and is listed Grade II.
Hyde Library was originally Hyde Technical School and Free Library. The foundation stone was laid in 1897 and it opened in 1899 replacing the former Mechanics Institute. In 2015 library services were moved into the Town Hall and the building abandoned. It is not listed and is now in a terrible state.
The terracotta ornamentation on the building is lavish and is topped-off by a statue of Minerva, the Roman goddess of wisdom and sponsor of the arts, trade, and strategy, holding a book.
A fine example of terracotta and glazed tiles on this Warrington pub dating from 1904. It has since reopened as the Railway Court.
This building has a bit of everything - terracotta pinnacles, gables, dormer, brickwork, and stone lintels and sring courses. A crazy piece of excess; I love it!
The Terracotta Army is a collection of terracotta sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China.
They were discovered in 1974 by local farmers digging a water well in Lintong District, Xi'an, People's Republic of China, Shaanxi province.
The figures vary in height according to their roles, with the tallest being the generals. The figures include warriors, chariots and horses. Estimates from 2007 were that the three pits containing the Terracotta Army held more than 8,000 soldiers, 130 chariots with 520 horses and 150 cavalry horses.
The terracotta figures are life-sized. They vary in height, uniform, and hairstyle in accordance with rank. Their faces appear to be different for each individual figure; scholars, however, have identified 10 basic face shapes. The figures are of these general types: armoured warriors; unarmored infantrymen; cavalrymen who wear a pillbox hat; helmeted drivers of chariots with more armor protection; spear-carrying charioteers; kneeling archers who are armored; standing archers who are not; as well as generals and other lower-ranking officers.
Originally, the figures were painted with bright pigments, variously coloured pink, red, green, blue, black, brown, white and lilac. The coloured lacquer finish and individual facial features would have given the figures a realistic feel. However, much of the colour coating had flaked off or become greatly faded.
The terracotta army figures were manufactured in workshops by government laborers and local craftsmen using local materials. Heads, arms, legs, and torsos were created separately and then assembled by luting the pieces together. When completed, the terracotta figures were placed in the pits in precise military formation according to rank and duty.
The faces were created using molds, and at least ten face molds may have been used. Clay was then added after assembly to provide individual facial features to make each figure appear different.
An exhibition entitled "China's First Emperor and the Terracotta Warriors" is at the World Museum in Liverpool from 9 February 2018 to 28 October 2018.
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The Peel Building at Salford University was designed by architect Henry Lord and completed in 1896. It was originally the Salford Royal Technical Institute. The facade is constructed of red Accrington brick and terracotta. Earp, Hobbs and Miller were the partnership responsible for the sculptural detailing.
A small corner of the building housing the Trustee Savings Bank in Grimsby. Decorative details such as this are sadly lacking from modern architecture.
The YMCA, now St George's House, on Peter Street in Manchester was built 1906-11 to the design of architects Woodhouse Corbett, and Dean. The construction was by Gerrards of Salford. It was the first building in Manchester with a concrete frame which is clad in Burmantofts terracotta. The decoration includes this representation of the Manchester coat of arms. The building is listed Grade II.
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Place : West Bengal State Handicraft Expo 2011, Milan Mela Prangan, Science City, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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The former main post office building in Lincoln dates from 1905 and is faced in a cream terracotta that has not aged well. However, these impressive shield-bearing beasts continue to guard the doorways to the building. It is now a pub imaginatively? called The Mailbox.
London Road Fire Station in Manchester is a building that has been seeking a use for many years. Whilst neglected and derelict it still proudly announces its former role as headquarters of the Manchester fire brigade. The terracotta is by Burmantofts of Leeds.
The Grade II* building was completed in 1906 and closed in 1986. Finally redevelopment is taking place with the building to be redeveloped with both leisure and hotel facilities.
Common names: gazania, gousblom. Botanical name: Gazania krebsiana. Family: Asteraceae.
Taken at Watersone Village, Somerset West.
I love the terracotta rooftops of Tuscany! This piccy was taken from the Duomo in Florence back in 2008. A very beautiful place one of my favourites. I also love the little rooftop garden you can see to the top right, Mmmm glass of chianti anyone?
Terracotta ornamentation on the former Hollywood Park Council School. This former junior and senior council school was designed by architects Cheers & Smith of Blackburn and Twickenham. It was built as a council school in 1906-7, and formed one of a pair of schools designed by Cheers & Smith for the County Borough of Stockport (the other school, which also opened in 1907, is North Reddish Infant and Junior School, Lewis Road, Stockport). The school closed in 1979, and has since been used as a nursery and adult education centre.
The Terracotta Army is a collection of terracotta sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China. It is a form of funerary art buried with the emperor in 210-209 BC and whose purpose was to help guard his empire in his afterlife.
Too wet and windy for biking, walking or outdoor photography so I thought I'd create my very own Terracotta Army.
From the Terracotta Warriors exhibition at the World Museum, Liverpool.
The larger Terracotta Army is a collection of terracotta sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China. It is a form of funerary art buried with the emperor in 210–209 BCE and whose purpose was to protect the emperor in his afterlife.
The figures, dating from approximately the late third century BCE, were discovered in 1974 by local farmers in Lintong District, Xi'an, People's Republic of China, Shaanxi province.
The figures vary in height according to their roles, with the tallest being the generals. The figures include warriors, chariots and horses. Estimates from 2007 were that the three pits containing the Terracotta Army held more than 8,000 soldiers, 130 chariots with 520 horses and 150 cavalry horses, the majority of which remained buried in the pits nearby Qin Shi Huang's mausoleum.
Other terracotta non-military figures were found in other pits, including officials, acrobats, strongmen and musicians
Large pots at Buddha Eden in Portugal.
The oriental garden with around 35 hectares of land was created as a reaction to the destruction of the Buddha’s of Banyan, in which one of the greatest acts of cultural barbarity took place, erasing masterpieces of late-period Gandhara art.
From Buddhas, pagodas, terracotta statues and the various carefully-placed sculptures which can be found throughout the gardens, it is estimated that some six thousand tons of marble and granite were used to create this monumental work of art.
The central staircase is the focal point of the garden, where the golden Buddhas offer you a calm welcome.
At the central lake, KOI (Japanese carp) fish can be seen, and sculpted dragons rise out of the water.
There is also the opportunity to see the seven hundred hand-painted terracotta soldiers, each of them unique copies of those which were buried some 2,200 years ago.
You will be truly enchanted with the peace and tranquillity of this unique and special place.
Buddha Eden
Quinta dos Loridos
2540-480 Bombarral Bombarral
Leiria
Portugal
+351 262 605 240
The "ripple" on top of the pits were where the wooden "roof" was when first built ~2200 years ago. Illustrated here in Lego.
This is the view which greets you when you first approach the hall
The front rows of terracotta warriors have been restored from having been crushed under parts of the ceiling which originally was supported by the longs lines of earth going all the way to the back of the hall
Co-operative society emblem on the former Co-op drapery store on the corner of Higher Bridge St & St George's Rd, Bolton. The building dates from 1904 and the terracotta work on the frontage is all the product of Henry Dennis' Hafod Red Brick Works at Ruabon.
Prague, Czech Republic - It was an amazing day walking the streets of Prague. The city is known for its terracotta roofs, which got me thinking, terracotta sounds like it could be a dessert. This was taken near the Prague Castle.
It looks like they maybe setting up a wedding on the lower part of the image. Why so many chairs?
Carpet centre on Mill Street in Crewe. The cream terracotta faience is unusual for the area. The building has a date of 1937 at the bottom of the black central rectangle. I wonder whether it was shops when built?
Aging of Time
This warrior was first created in full color and glory and over the last two millenniums his body and armour now show the aging of time. Painted realistically, this warrior appears like he was recently dug up, re-constructed and cleaned up, exposing the last remaining paint of its original state. Through the aging, I hope the viewer gets a feeling of wisdom, wonder and strength -------- Dean Lauze
Canada Place-------Vancouver, BC
Terracotta Army
In the early 20th century this plant started with only 6 men producing Terracotta flower pots. Later on the production shifted to ceramics for sanitair.
At the top of the production were 1300 people working at the plant. Due to the massive increasing of competition the plant had to close down in the 1980's after more then 90 years of production.
Visited this location in may 2014 during our Italy 2014 tour
If you're a Vancouverite this should be not new to you. It feels good if you see a photo with great exposure, it just feels right. It's like the colors appear natural and sharpness kind of follows, of course the focus should be right, hehe.
Anyway, not sure if these are life size but can you guess how tall I am? I could have done guess work but my tilting LCD helped here :).
The Whitakers department store in Bolton expanded into a large buff terracotta-faced building in 1920. This was extravagantly decorated with towers and domes and covered in a wide range of ornamentation. By the time of this view the shop was trading as Beales and closure came in 2016. The building has since been divided into a range of retail units.