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Our Architectural Chapter
OUR ARCHITECTURAL CHAPTEE
The opening of the Leeds Town Hall has been the great architectural event of the week . It is gratifying to find that , while the architectural glories of the hall are commemorated , the great organ , erected under the auspices of worthy Brethren , is not forgotten . On the description of the building itself we shall not dwell , but we shaJl make some remarks in reference to particular characteristics . We
may observe , first , that in consequence of the Municipal Reform Act , corporations having been given to the new cities which have arisen , and the organization of the old corporations having Improved , the country is being provided with a number of large halls , which are likewise appropriated as concert halls , and have been the means
of encouraging the construction of powerful organs . Among the new halls we may enumerate , besides Leeds the latest , Birmingham arid Bradford , and two at Live aiid there are many of less extent . The architects have not , however , achieved the full harvest in this field , for there are many of the old and new corporations , which , stimulated to rival the noble edifices which are now the
ornaments of several towns , will endeavour not to be behindhand in the contest . The Town Hall gave Birmingham a monument , and made that town remarkable , and none the less so because , by affording peculiar scope for the art of music , it offered the opportunity for large bodies of visitors to be there assembled . Since that hall was built , it has been surpassed in extent and effect by St . George ' s Hall , by Bradford , and by Leeds .
On account of the height of its roof , Leeds has the advantage of several of its rivals , and it is only slightly surpassed by St . George ' s , Liverpool , which a little straining in height would have enabled it to equal . The number of people the Leeds Hall will hold is 8 , 000 . Already preparation is made to commemorate Leeds worthies , and to afford employment to the art of sculpture as well as those of
architecture and music ; and this is one result of the construction of edifices so noble . As St . George ' s Hall at Liverpool already assembles its statues of Liverpool citizens , so the men of Leeds have begun with Edward Baines , one of the first examples of a public statue awarded
to a journalist , though at Carlisle the same honour has been awarded to Adam Steele ; and here we may pause for a digression . Daniel de Foe deserves a statue as much as one of the fathers of the English press as one of the fathers of our romantic literature ; but in London , he has not even a tomb . Upon this subject of commemoration of distinguished men we shall , however , yet have something to say .
The architectural ornamentation of the town hall include ^ sculpture ; and we have alluded to the statues of Wellington and Queen Victoria . The coloured , decorations of the great hall and vestibule cost £ 1 , 600 , and were executed by Messrs . Grace . We are , however , sorry to see that VOL . V . K
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Our Architectural Chapter
OUR ARCHITECTURAL CHAPTEE
The opening of the Leeds Town Hall has been the great architectural event of the week . It is gratifying to find that , while the architectural glories of the hall are commemorated , the great organ , erected under the auspices of worthy Brethren , is not forgotten . On the description of the building itself we shall not dwell , but we shaJl make some remarks in reference to particular characteristics . We
may observe , first , that in consequence of the Municipal Reform Act , corporations having been given to the new cities which have arisen , and the organization of the old corporations having Improved , the country is being provided with a number of large halls , which are likewise appropriated as concert halls , and have been the means
of encouraging the construction of powerful organs . Among the new halls we may enumerate , besides Leeds the latest , Birmingham arid Bradford , and two at Live aiid there are many of less extent . The architects have not , however , achieved the full harvest in this field , for there are many of the old and new corporations , which , stimulated to rival the noble edifices which are now the
ornaments of several towns , will endeavour not to be behindhand in the contest . The Town Hall gave Birmingham a monument , and made that town remarkable , and none the less so because , by affording peculiar scope for the art of music , it offered the opportunity for large bodies of visitors to be there assembled . Since that hall was built , it has been surpassed in extent and effect by St . George ' s Hall , by Bradford , and by Leeds .
On account of the height of its roof , Leeds has the advantage of several of its rivals , and it is only slightly surpassed by St . George ' s , Liverpool , which a little straining in height would have enabled it to equal . The number of people the Leeds Hall will hold is 8 , 000 . Already preparation is made to commemorate Leeds worthies , and to afford employment to the art of sculpture as well as those of
architecture and music ; and this is one result of the construction of edifices so noble . As St . George ' s Hall at Liverpool already assembles its statues of Liverpool citizens , so the men of Leeds have begun with Edward Baines , one of the first examples of a public statue awarded
to a journalist , though at Carlisle the same honour has been awarded to Adam Steele ; and here we may pause for a digression . Daniel de Foe deserves a statue as much as one of the fathers of the English press as one of the fathers of our romantic literature ; but in London , he has not even a tomb . Upon this subject of commemoration of distinguished men we shall , however , yet have something to say .
The architectural ornamentation of the town hall include ^ sculpture ; and we have alluded to the statues of Wellington and Queen Victoria . The coloured , decorations of the great hall and vestibule cost £ 1 , 600 , and were executed by Messrs . Grace . We are , however , sorry to see that VOL . V . K