5100 x 3414 px | 43,2 x 28,9 cm | 17 x 11,4 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
2008
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St George's Hall is a neoclassical auditorium in Liverpool city centre located on Lime Street, opposite Lime Street railway station. It was partially opened in 1851 and completed in 1854, the foundation stone had been laid in 1838. Its architect was Harvey Lonsdale Elmes, who was only 25 at the time he won the competition to design the building. Elmes died before the building was completed and the supervision of the completion was done firstly by John Weightman (City Surveyor) and Robert Rawlinson (Structural Engineer) and, from 1851, by Sir Charles Cockerell. Bas-relief sculptures on the building are attributed to C.J. Allen, among others, and the hall is considered by many to house the world's first air-conditioning system. It is part of the William Brown Street conservation area. Elmes was also responsible for the design of the facade of the original Liverpool Collegiate Institution building.
