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St Pancras Waterpoint
St Pancras Waterpoint is a water tower in the London Borough of Camden. It is a Grade II listed building. It was originally used to refill Steam locomotive, steam locomotives at St Pancras railway station, St Pancras station with water. The Victorian Gothic brick structure, designed by the office of Sir George Gilbert Scott, who was also responsible for the Midland Grand Hotel at Pancras station, around 1868. The design included a chimney which was simply a design element and not functional. The building is approximately 9m by 6m and is three stories high with the top containing a cast iron tank capable of holding 68 cubic metres of water. The Waterpoint was originally located further south than its present location, and approximately 100° anti-clockwise from its current orientation. With the enlargement of St Pancras to accommodate International Eurostar services the WaterPoint needed to be moved to make space. In November 2001, following 3 years of planning, it was relocated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victorian Gothic
Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic or neo-Gothic) is an Architectural style, architectural movement that after a gradual build-up beginning in the second half of the 17th century became a widespread movement in the first half of the 19th century, mostly in England. Increasingly serious and learned admirers sought to revive medieval Gothic architecture, intending to complement or even supersede the Neoclassical architecture, neoclassical styles prevalent at the time. Gothic Revival draws upon features of medieval examples, including decorative patterns, finials, lancet windows, and hood moulds. By the middle of the 19th century, Gothic Revival had become the pre-eminent architectural style in the Western world, only to begin to fall out of fashion in the 1880s and early 1890s. For some in England, the Gothic Revival movement had roots that were intertwined with philosophical movements associated with Catholicism and a re-awakening of high church or Anglo-Cathol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
