File:Holborn Town Hall - High Holborn, Holborn - sign (20445473263).jpg
![File:Holborn Town Hall - High Holborn, Holborn - sign (20445473263).jpg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Holborn_Town_Hall_-_High_Holborn%2C_Holborn_-_sign_%2820445473263%29.jpg/800px-Holborn_Town_Hall_-_High_Holborn%2C_Holborn_-_sign_%2820445473263%29.jpg?20190601135341)
Original file (4,288 × 3,216 pixels, file size: 3.41 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
Captions
Captions
Summary
[edit]DescriptionHolborn Town Hall - High Holborn, Holborn - sign (20445473263).jpg |
On High Holborn in Holborn (within what is now part of the London Borough of Camden). After leaving the British Museum we were trying to get back to a tube station. Saw signs for Tottenham Court Road, but ended up going to Holborn Underground Station instead (I was thinking of going to that one anyway). At least there was no more rain after we left the museum!
Grade II listed. <a href="http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-478254-holborn-town-hall-and-library-greater-lo#.VeX12fSC8Xw" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Holborn Town Hall and Library, Camden</a> CAMDEN TQ3081SW HIGH HOLBORN 798-1/105/840 (South side) 15/01/73 Holborn Town Hall and Library GV II Town hall and library, now municipal offices. Library (formerly St Giles's Library), 1894 by W Rushworth (eastern wing); town hall, 1906-8 by Hall and Warwick (centre and western wing). Ancaster and Portland stone faced. Steeply pitched slated roof with pedimented dormers and pilastered Dutch gables terminating in segmental pediments to end bays. STYLE: the library with early French Renaissance detail, the town hall in similar style but Baroque details. EXTERIOR: 4 storeys, basements and attics. Both buildings form a symmetrical facade of 9 windows. End bays slightly projecting. Eastern wing with entrance to former library of elliptical arch flanked by Corinthian pilasters supporting an entablature; enriched double doors. Former vehicle entrance to left in similar style with wrought-iron gate by the Bromsgrove Guild of Applied Art. Central 3-light oriel through 1st and 2nd floors. At 1st floor level a band of Renaissance enrichment covering the oriel apron and having flanking oculi. Upper floors pilastered, the 1st and 2nd floors with bands, 3rd floor with diapers. Western wing has round-arched entrance to former town hall with moulded head and keystone flanked by attached columns supporting an open segmental pediment with carved coat of arms in tympanum with festoon and putti heads. Central 3-light oriel through 1st and 2nd floors. A band of similar enrichment at 1st floor level covering the oriel apron. 3rd floor windows round-arched with moulded heads and keystones. Central bays have round-arched windows at ground floor level; 1st and 2nd floor, square-headed separated by pilasters, the 1st floor with a wrought-iron balcony by the Bromsgrove Guild; 3rd floor, 3 oculi linked by festoons. Most windows transom and mullion. INTERIOR: former town hall has large circular hall running up through each floor and adjoining the main stair and lift. At ground floor level main hall with floor of marble in a compass design and arcade of Doric half columns supporting an entablature under a shallow dome; oak double doors, with oculi and brass plates incorporating a coat of arms, in Baroque frames; 3 stained glass First and Second World War memorial windows; original brass pendant light. Open well main stair of artificial stone and granolithic paving with marble dado. Original wrought-iron lift enclosure, in well of stair, by the Bromsgrove Guild. Corridors mostly vaulted with granolithic paving and oak doors. Interiors of note are: the rear 1st floor Council Chamber of square plan surmounted by a central dome with small cupola light. Walls panelled in Austrian oak with Ionic pilasters and columns supporting an enriched cornice. Windows of small, patterned, leaded panes. Original brass pendant light. Beneath, on the ground floor, the former Court Room, panelled and enriched in Baroque style.
Listing NGR: TQ3036381452
Source: English Heritage Listed building text is © Crown Copyright. Reproduced under licence. |
Date | |
Source | Holborn Town Hall - High Holborn, Holborn - sign |
Author | Elliott Brown from Birmingham, United Kingdom |
Camera location | 51° 31′ 00.85″ N, 0° 07′ 21.94″ W ![]() | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | ![]() |
---|
Licensing
[edit]![w:en:Creative Commons](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/CC_some_rights_reserved.svg/90px-CC_some_rights_reserved.svg.png)
![attribution](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Cc-by_new_white.svg/24px-Cc-by_new_white.svg.png)
![share alike](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Cc-sa_white.svg/24px-Cc-sa_white.svg.png)
- You are free:
- to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
- to remix – to adapt the work
- Under the following conditions:
- attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
- share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original.
![]() |
This image was originally posted to Flickr by ell brown at https://flickr.com/photos/39415781@N06/20445473263 (archive). It was reviewed on 1 June 2019 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-sa-2.0. |
1 June 2019
File history
Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.
Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
current | 13:53, 1 June 2019 | ![]() | 4,288 × 3,216 (3.41 MB) | Sic19 (talk | contribs) | Transferred from Flickr via #flickr2commons |
You cannot overwrite this file.
File usage on Commons
There are no pages that use this file.
Metadata
This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong.
Camera manufacturer | FUJIFILM |
---|---|
Camera model | FinePix S2980 |
Exposure time | 1/100 sec (0.01) |
F-number | f/9 |
ISO speed rating | 200 |
Date and time of data generation | 15:33, 23 August 2015 |
Lens focal length | 17.1 mm |
Orientation | Normal |
Horizontal resolution | 72 dpi |
Vertical resolution | 72 dpi |
Software used | Digital Camera FinePix S2980 Ver1.01 |
File change date and time | 15:33, 23 August 2015 |
Y and C positioning | Co-sited |
Exposure Program | Normal program |
Exif version | 2.3 |
Date and time of digitizing | 15:33, 23 August 2015 |
Meaning of each component |
|
Image compression mode | 2 |
APEX shutter speed | 6.6 |
APEX aperture | 6.34 |
APEX brightness | 6.98 |
APEX exposure bias | 0.33 |
Maximum land aperture | 3.26 APEX (f/3.1) |
Metering mode | Pattern |
Light source | Shade |
Flash | Flash did not fire, compulsory flash suppression |
Supported Flashpix version | 1 |
Color space | sRGB |
Focal plane X resolution | 6,992 |
Focal plane Y resolution | 6,992 |
Focal plane resolution unit | 3 |
Sensing method | One-chip color area sensor |
File source | Digital still camera |
Scene type | A directly photographed image |
Custom image processing | Normal process |
Exposure mode | Auto exposure |
White balance | Manual white balance |
Scene capture type | Standard |
Sharpness | Normal |
Subject distance range | Unknown |