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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,city centre,Scotland,luxury hotel,Edinburgh,EH2 2EQ,Edinburgh city centre,United Kingdom,landmark hotel,clock tower,Victorian architecture,historic building,sandstone facade,tourism,winter,winter sunlight,blue sky,Edinburgh tourism,Scotland travel,luxury travel,iconic hotels,heritage architecture,city centre hotels,wedding and events venue,business travel,destination marketing,architectural photography,editorial background,historic landmarks,winter city photography,Princes Street Edinburgh,Old Town meets New Town,Waverley area,cityscape,architectural detail,grand facade,West Register Place,urban travel city break heritage tourism high end hospitality Scottish
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3DM994Y - A wide, documentary street-level view of The Balmoral Hotel on Princes Street in Edinburgh, photographed from the West Register Place area to frame the full fa??ade and the famous clock tower. The building's grand sandstone frontage, ornate roofline and central tower create an unmistakable city landmark, with the clock face clearly visible high above the main elevation. The perspective between surrounding city-centre buildings helps emphasise the Balmoral's scale and its position at one of Edinburgh's most recognisable gateways between the New Town and the Old Town.
The light suggests a cold-season day with clear winter brightness: pale blue sky, crisp edges on the stonework, and cool shadows that bring out carved details across the fa??ade. The overall mood is calm and architectural rather than crowd-focused, making the image highly versatile for editorial use where a clean, identifiable Edinburgh location is needed.
This photograph suits themes including Edinburgh tourism, luxury and heritage hospitality, iconic Scottish architecture, and city-break travel. It also works as a strong general illustration for Princes Street and central Edinburgh, with the clock tower acting as an instantly readable visual cue for the Balmoral and the wider city centre.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,MARKS & SPENCER signage,7 Market Street,M1 1WT,Greater Manchester,England,storefront,curved glass facade,modern architecture,illuminated building,twilight,winter,busy street scene,city centre shopping,people,Manchester shopping,UK retail economy,city centre footfall,winter city break,evening economy,consumer spending,brand storefront,commercial property,destination marketing,travel editorial,modern British city,urban crowd,shopping street,high street decline and resilience,regeneration and retail,Manchester city centre,Market St,pedestrianised street,retail district,evening shopping,blue hour,wet pavement,sales
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3DM98YA - A lively winter dusk street scene outside the Marks & Spencer department store on Market Street in Manchester city centre. The photograph is taken from a low, slightly angled viewpoint that emphasises the building's sweeping curved glass frontage and the large, readable MARKS & SPENCER signage wrapping around the corner. Warm interior lighting spills onto the pavement while the sky holds a deepening blue, creating a classic blue hour contrast between cool outdoor tones and the bright retail glow inside.
In the foreground, dense crowds of shoppers in winter coats stream past the entrance, queue, pause, and regroup, capturing the real feel of Manchester's busiest shopping street at peak footfall. The mix of faces and movement gives the image strong editorial value for stories about city-centre retail, consumer behaviour, seasonal shopping, and the everyday rhythm of the UK high street. The composition also works as a clear location identifier, balancing the recognisable brand frontage with the wider public realm, street lighting, and the bustle of an urban evening.
The scene suits a wide range of uses, from travel and lifestyle coverage of Manchester as a city-break destination, to business and economic pieces on retail performance, footfall, and the continuing role of large department stores in central shopping districts. The winter timing is communicated through the low light, bundled clothing, and the after-work atmosphere, making it a versatile image for headlines and general illustration.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Next,Exchange Square,Manchester city centre,Greater Manchester,England,United Kingdom,shopping,shopfront,glass facade,illuminated interior,winter,wet pavement,evening shoppers,city centre shopping district,Manchester shopping,UK high street,retail economy,city break,winter shopping,evening shopping,architecture and retail,urban lifestyle,Christmas shopping season,travel editorial,destination marketing,street photography,public realm,commercial property,big brand storefront,nightlife and shopping district,Corporation Street,Lower Mall,pedestrian area,urban street scene,modern architecture,curved glass frontage,retail branding
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3DM990R - A wide, editorial winter dusk view of the NEXT department store at Manchester Arndale, seen from the open public space by Exchange Square in Manchester city centre. The building's tall, curved glass facade glows warmly from inside, with the large NEXT lettering dominating the frontage and creating an instantly recognisable high street retail landmark. Outside, shoppers and pedestrians cross the forecourt in dark coats, their figures silhouetted against the bright interior lighting. The pavement is wet and reflective, catching the store's light and the deepening blue of the evening sky, which suggests recent rain and typical cold-weather conditions for a northern English winter.
The scene captures the everyday rhythm of city-centre shopping: people arriving, drifting past the entrance, meeting up, and moving on through the surrounding retail district. The modern architecture, wide glazing and steel canopy structure give the image strong commercial utility for themes including UK high street retail, consumer spending, city-centre regeneration, and the evening economy. It also works well for travel and lifestyle coverage, illustrating Manchester as a busy urban shopping destination, with Exchange Square positioned as a key public space beside Manchester Arndale in the heart of the shopping area.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,town centre,Greater Manchester,wedding photography,wedding couple,Stockport,England,United Kingdom,Wellington Road,A6,Edward Street,SK1 3XE,town centre landmark,clock tower,public building,winter,winter sunlight,blue sky,UK weddings,wedding destination,ceremony location,civic ceremonies,historic venue hire,local history,heritage tourism,architecture photography,Northern England towns,public sector buildings,community events,editorial illustration,travel UK,winter city photography,Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council,civic pride,heritage architecture,stone facade,columns,pediment
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3DM97KB - A bright, documentary winter view of Stockport Town Hall on Wellington Road in Greater Manchester, photographed head-on to emphasise the building's grand civic presence. The ornate stone fa??ade, classical columns and prominent central clock tower give the scene an unmistakable municipal character, the sort of landmark architecture designed to project stability and civic pride. Crisp sunlight breaks through a blue sky with drifting cloud, creating clean contrast across the stonework and sharpening the carved details around the main entrance.
At street level, a bride and groom stand outside the steps, adding a warm, human story to the formal setting and signalling the Town Hall's role as a working wedding venue as well as a historic public building. Their small scale against the monumental fa??ade helps communicate the size and ceremony of the place, while also making the photograph useful for wedding-related editorial or venue marketing themes. The clipped lawns, low planting and tidy frontage contribute to a well-kept, institutional feel, typical of a civic building used for official events, receptions and community functions.
This image works strongly for editorial coverage of Stockport, local government buildings, heritage architecture, and civil ceremonies. It is also a versatile illustration for UK weddings, registry-style celebrations, and the tradition of couples posing outside town halls after the ceremony. The winter atmosphere comes through in the low, clear light and the dramatic sky, giving the scene a crisp, celebratory mood without needing crowds or close-up portrait detail.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,town centre,Greater Manchester,ICS Medical Ltd,Victoria House,derelict office block,boarded up building,vandalism,Wellington Street,Stockport,SK1 3AD,England,United Kingdom,redevelopment site,demolition proposal,UK regeneration,town centre renewal,office to residential,housing development site,planning application,urban decline and renewal,dereliction,civic renewal,local authority redevelopment,Greater Manchester property,community safety,vandalism and crime prevention,empty buildings,economic change,documentary editorial,social commentary,graffiti tag,repeated FEER graffiti,sprayed lettering,broken windows,FEER,graffiti,concrete and brick facade 1970s office architecture
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3DM97M2 - A wide, documentary view of Victoria House, a vandalised and vacant office building on Wellington Street in Stockport town centre, photographed in cold-season light. The blocky red-brick-and-panel fa??ade is heavily marked by repeated graffiti, with the tag FEER visible across multiple window sections, giving a strong visual signal of long-term neglect and the kind of opportunistic vandalism that often follows prolonged vacancy. Many openings appear boarded or shuttered, and the overall impression is of a commercial building that has slipped from everyday use into a limbo state, neither active nor yet removed.
The lighting adds atmosphere and tension. Bright, low sunlight strikes the front elevation while a darker bank of cloud hangs overhead, creating sharp contrast between illuminated panels and deeper shadow. Trees with late-season foliage frame the edges of the scene, hinting at autumn or winter, and reinforcing the sense of a place caught between past and future. Roadway, verge and basic street furniture sit in the foreground, grounding the picture in an ordinary urban setting rather than an isolated industrial estate.
Editorially, the image is useful for stories about empty buildings, urban blight, community safety concerns, and the visible impacts of stalled investment. It also works for regeneration narratives, especially where a before image is needed to illustrate a site earmarked for demolition or redevelopment, and for wider discussions about town-centre change, the decline of older office stock, and the shift toward new housing-led schemes. The legible, repeated graffiti makes the photograph particularly strong for search and for conveying the reality of vacancy without needing people in frame.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,town centre,Greater Manchester,public house,traditional pub,Heaton Lane,Stockport,SK4 1AR,England,United Kingdom,Stockport Viaduct,under the viaduct,Victorian brick arch,streetscape,winter,winter sunlight,North West England,Northern England,pub culture,British drinking culture,hospitality,visitor economy,community pub,documentary editorial,travel UK,architecture and infrastructure,Victorian engineering,city break Manchester area,local business,place identity,CAMRA pub,cask ale,beer pub,British pub,historic pub,local landmark,chimney pots,painted facade
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3DM987K - A wide, documentary winter view of The Crown Inn on Heaton Lane in Stockport, a classic North West England pub set hard against the dramatic brick arches of the railway viaduct. The pub's pale painted frontage and traditional multi-chimney roofline sit in sharp contrast to the deep red viaduct masonry towering immediately to the right of frame. The main fascia sign clearly reads Crown Inn, with Boddingtons Beer also visible, anchoring the image in familiar Northern pub history and branding. The scene is lit by low, bright winter sun under a clear blue sky, giving crisp shadows and a clean, cold-weather feel rather than rain or snow.
Outdoor benches and simple railings line the frontage, suggesting a spot where regulars and visitors can sit out when the weather behaves, while the street-level perspective keeps the composition grounded in everyday urban life. The close proximity of the viaduct creates a strong sense of place: a pub that feels shaped by infrastructure, with Victorian engineering looming overhead and the building tucked into the shadow of the arches. It is the kind of location that reads immediately as real rather than curated, with honest materials, working-city textures, and a slightly gritty beauty.
Editorially, the photograph is useful for stories about British pub culture, real ale, community hospitality, and the changing fortunes of traditional pubs in Greater Manchester. It also supports broader themes of industrial heritage and the relationship between historic transport structures and local neighbourhood businesses. The combination of readable signage, recognisable setting, and winter atmosphere makes it a strong general illustration for Stockport, Northern England streetscapes, and heritage pubs beneath the railway lines.
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,city,centre,Dundee,Scottish Government,public sector building,modern office building,Dundee city centre,contemporary architecture,Agnes Husband,Dundee waterfront area,Tayside,Scotland,UK government,devolved government,civic building,glass facade,brick and glass architecture,sustainable office building,street scene,road junction,modern Scotland,employment,public administration,city architecture,Scottish public sector,blue sky,daytime,exterior,headquarters building,sunny,glass,regeneration,administration,DD!,DD1 4QB
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3DCX6H0 - Exterior view of Agnes Husband House, the Dundee headquarters of Social Security Scotland, located at 2 Greenmarket, Dundee DD1 4QB, Scotland, UK. The modern multi-storey office building houses Scotland's devolved social security agency and reflects recent investment in contemporary public-sector architecture in Dundee city centre. the building sits within an area of ongoing urban regeneration close to the city's central road network and wider waterfront redevelopment.
The structure features a contemporary design combining brick cladding with extensive vertical glazing, giving the building a strong civic presence while maximising natural daylight for internal office spaces. The ground floor incorporates glazed frontage and public-facing areas, reinforcing the organisation's accessibility and public-service role.
Named after Agnes Husband, a prominent Dundee-born social reformer and women's rights activist, the building reflects the Scottish Government's emphasis on social justice, dignity and respect within devolved welfare services. Social Security Scotland administers a range of benefits that were transferred from the UK Government following devolution, making the site an important symbol of Scotland's distinct approach to social security.
Photographed on a clear day with blue sky, the image shows the building's clean architectural lines, urban setting and surrounding road infrastructure, providing a strong editorial representation of modern public administration in Scotland and Dundee's evolving civic landscape.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Greater Manchester,England,lighting,Manchester,Daily Express,Building,office,glass,landmark,landmarks,buildings,city,centre,history,heritage,historic,newspaper,newspapers,outside,facade,art deco,art-deco,exterior,August,Gt Ancoats St,summer,adaptive,reuse,redevelopment,reflections,reflection,mirror,effect,urban,life,M4 5AD,M4
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3CGCJW3 - A wide-angle view of the Express Building on Great Ancoats Street in Manchester city centre, photographed in August 2025 during a period of bright summer weather. Clear blue skies and strong sunlight create striking reflections across the building's glass curtain wall, producing changing patterns of light that emphasise its geometric design.
Completed in the late 1930s as the northern headquarters of the Daily Express newspaper, the building is one of Manchester's most distinctive examples of interwar modernist architecture, often described as having strong Art Deco influences. Its use of glass, steel and clean horizontal lines represented a confident, forward-looking image of mass media and modern communication during the pre-war period.
Today, the Express Building has been repurposed as office accommodation, forming part of the wider regeneration of Great Ancoats Street and the eastern edge of Manchester city centre. The presence of pedestrians at street level highlights its continued role in everyday urban life, while the reflective fa??ade mirrors the surrounding city, visually linking past and present.
The image captures how historic modernist architecture responds dynamically to summer light, and how Manchester's media heritage buildings have been adapted to contemporary use. It is well suited for editorial use covering architecture, urban regeneration, adaptive reuse, city-centre life, and the evolving relationship between light, material and the modern cityscape.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,front,office,Liverpool Road,North West,England,UK,upper,Barton St,Manchester,M3 4NN,M3,Campfield Studios Manchester,Campfield Market Hall,Castlefield Manchester,Liverpool Road Manchester,Victorian market hall,industrial heritage building,repurposed industrial building,historic market hall exterior,Manchester city centre,former science and industry building,iron and glass architecture,heritage regeneration Manchester,Castlefield conservation area,Victorian engineering,nineteenth century architecture,historic Manchester buildings,adaptive reuse architecture,cultural venue Manchester,events venue exterior,regeneration project,urban renewal,heritage facade,listed building Manchester,streetscape Manchester
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3CPAXFH - This photograph shows the exterior of Campfield Studios, located on Liverpool Road in the Castlefield district of Manchester city centre. The building is the former Campfield Market Hall, a substantial Victorian iron-and-glass structure dating from the late nineteenth century, designed to support Manchester's role as a global centre of industry, trade, and transport during the industrial revolution.
The hall stands immediately adjacent to the Liverpool Road railway corridor, home to the world's first passenger railway station and later the core site of the Science and Industry Museum. Its architecture reflects classic Victorian engineering, with decorative iron columns, glazed sections, and a symmetrical facade that was originally intended to accommodate covered markets and storage linked to canal and rail traffic in the surrounding area.
After decades of industrial decline and underuse, the building has been carefully restored and repurposed as Campfield Studios, a modern cultural and events venue. The retained historic frontage, signage, and structural details illustrate Manchester's approach to heritage-led regeneration, where former industrial and science buildings are adapted for contemporary uses while preserving their architectural character.
Taken in daylight with light cloud cover, the image captures the building as part of the evolving Manchester streetscape, highlighting both its Victorian origins and its modern identity. Campfield Studios now forms an important part of Castlefield's wider regeneration, sitting alongside museums, canals, offices, and residential developments, and symbolising the city's transition from industrial powerhouse to a centre for culture, leisure, and creative industries.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Aviva Studios,Factory International,cultural venue,arts venue,creative industries,urban culture,modern building,city centre Manchester,North West England,British culture,documentary photography,bench,outside,Manchester city centre,St Johns,urban regeneration,creative economy,glass facade,interior lighting,modern design,public seating,picnic benches,colourful benches,leisure space,cultural infrastructure,evening lights,social space,city life,everyday Britain,European city,tourism,architectural detail,street photography,contemporary Britain
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3CPAXM2 - Aviva Studios, the home of Factory International, photographed at the St John's development in Manchester city centre, England. The image shows a contemporary cultural venue with a large glazed facade revealing interior lighting and activity, alongside brightly coloured picnic-style benches used as informal public seating. Opened as a flagship arts space, Aviva Studios was developed to host large-scale theatre, music, dance, exhibitions, and international festivals, reinforcing Manchester's reputation as a major centre for culture and the creative industries. The building forms a central part of the St John's regeneration scheme, a former industrial area transformed into a mixed-use district focused on arts, leisure, and public realm. The scene reflects modern approaches to cultural infrastructure, where landmark venues are designed to be accessible and integrated into everyday urban life, highlighting wider themes of urban regeneration, investment in culture, and the changing character of post-industrial British city centres.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,L2,L2 2JH,Merseyside,classic,pubs,bars,pub,Dale Street,boozer,boozers,history,historic,heritage,ale,stout,British,premier,freehouse,real ale pub,traditional pub,British pub,exterior,pub frontage,architecture,city centre,Stouts Ship & Mitre,CAMRA pub,cask ale,beer pub,historic building,Edwardian architecture,stone facade,urban streetscape,Liverpool city centre,Dale Street Liverpool,pub culture,dramatic perspective
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3BR177C - A dramatic low-angle photograph of the Ship & Mitre public house on Dale Street in Liverpool city centre, England. The image emphasises the imposing stone fa??ade of the historic pub, with its bold blue signage reading Ship & Mitre and decorative architectural details that reflect the building's early twentieth-century origins.
The Ship & Mitre, formally known as Stout's Ship & Mitre, is one of Liverpool's most famous traditional pubs and is particularly well known for its extensive range of cask ales, craft beers, and strong association with the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA). The pub occupies a prominent position on Dale Street, close to the city's commercial district and historic waterfront.
The strong vertical perspective and wide-angle composition lend a dramatic quality to the image, highlighting the scale and solidity of the building against the surrounding cityscape. The exterior appearance reflects Liverpool's rich architectural heritage, shaped by the city's mercantile history and role as a major port.
This image is suitable for editorial use illustrating British pub culture, real ale heritage, historic pubs, Liverpool architecture, urban streetscapes, tourism in Liverpool, and the enduring cultural importance of independent pubs in UK city centres.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,ghost sign Liverpool,Grants Seel Street Liverpool,historic shopfront Liverpool,Seel Street Liverpool,Chinatown Liverpool streetscape,vintage shopfront,historic retail signage,Liverpool city centre heritage,city centre,decay,architectural,detail,historic,UK,England,Merseyside,old painted sign,traditional shop fascia,Edwardian shopfront,Victorian commercial building,Merseyside urban history,Liverpool Chinatown area,historic street signage,conservation area Liverpool,weathered typography,brick facade Liverpool,heritage detail England,lost retail history,urban,archaeology,city centre Liverpool detail,cultural,China,Chinese,street,sign
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3CPAX1E - A close view of a historic shopfront at 32 Seel Street in Liverpool city centre, showing a faded painted fascia sign reading Grants, preserved above the modern frontage. The weathered lettering and muted tones identify the sign as a ghost sign, a remnant of an earlier commercial use that has survived successive changes to the building.
Set within a brick-built commercial property close to Liverpool's Chinatown district, the image highlights layers of urban history visible in everyday streetscapes. Details such as the original shop numbering, decorative woodwork and traditional proportions suggest late Victorian or early twentieth-century retail architecture, typical of Liverpool's once dense network of small independent shops.
Ghost signs such as this are increasingly valued as informal records of social and economic history, offering insight into lost businesses and changing patterns of trade. In Liverpool, where regeneration and redevelopment have reshaped much of the city centre, surviving details like the Grants shopfront contribute to a sense of continuity and place, appealing to historians, photographers and visitors interested in urban heritage and architectural archaeology.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Progress Not Perfection,mural,Merseyside,Liverpool street art,Liverpool mural,motivational mural,running mural,female athlete mural,empowerment mural,Believe in Yourself mural,urban mural Liverpool,contemporary,UK,Paul Curtis artist,Liverpool public art,Dale Street Liverpool,Merseyside street art,UK street art,large scale mural,athletic runner artwork,sport and motivation art,inspirational quote mural,regeneration Liverpool,urban regeneration art,city centre architecture Liverpool,modern building facade mural,outdoor public artwork UK,cultural Liverpool,northern England city art,community art project,motivational slogan artwork,modern British mural,Dale St
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3CPAX29 - A large-scale contemporary mural titled Progress Not Perfection by Liverpool artist Paul Curtis, prominently displayed on a modern building fa??ade on Dale Street in Liverpool city centre. The artwork features a powerful image of a female athlete in mid-stride, rendered in bold colours against a dramatic sky, symbolising strength, determination and forward momentum.
Accompanying text panels beneath the figure carry motivational phrases including Believe in Yourself, Progress Not Perfection and You'll Never Run Alone, reinforcing themes of personal growth, resilience and collective encouragement. The mural sits within a dense urban streetscape of modern residential and commercial buildings, reflecting Liverpool's ongoing regeneration and its strong tradition of public art.
Paul Curtis is well known for his large-scale murals across Liverpool and the wider North West, often blending social messages, sport, culture and local identity. This piece contributes to Liverpool's reputation as a city that embraces accessible, street-level art as part of its cultural fabric, offering visual impact for residents, commuters and visitors alike.
The mural functions both as an eye-catching landmark on Dale Street and as an example of how public art can promote positive mental health messages and community pride within a busy city centre environment.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,history,historic,heritage,&,133,Dale St,Merseyside,England,UK,L2 2JH,L2,real ale,beer,beers,Ship and Mitre,Liverpool pub,Dale Street,Liverpool,historic pub,real ale pub,free house,traditional pub,pub exterior,city centre,cask ale,British pub culture,heritage pub,Edwardian building,stone facade,corner building,urban streetscape,Liverpool architecture,independent pub,beer pub,pub signage
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2X9BPBB - A side-angle view of the Ship & Mitre public house, located at 133 Dale Street in Liverpool city centre, England. The image shows the full height of the historic stone-built corner building, with prominent blue signage identifying the pub as a free house and highlighting its long-established presence in Liverpool's drinking culture.
The Ship & Mitre, formally known as Stout's Ship & Mitre, is one of Liverpool's best-known traditional pubs and is particularly renowned for its extensive range of cask ales, bottled beers, and strong association with the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA). The building dates from the early twentieth century and reflects the solid commercial architecture of Liverpool's former mercantile district.
Dale Street lies close to Liverpool's waterfront and civic quarter and has long been a hub for offices, shipping companies, and public houses serving the working city. The side view captured here emphasises the scale and prominence of the pub within the streetscape, while pedestrians nearby give a sense of everyday city life.
This image is suitable for editorial use illustrating British pub culture, historic pubs, real ale heritage, Liverpool architecture, urban streetscapes, tourism in Liverpool, and the continuing role of independent pubs in UK city centres.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,history,heritage,51,W1J 0QJ,W1J,stonework,outside,entrance,the,covered,Victorian,Burlington,name,nameplate,front,frontage,London,Piccadilly,England,UK,retail architecture,fashion flag,city landmark,Piccadilly London,luxury retail,heritage building,Georgian architecture,shopping arcade,tourism London,upscale shopping,decorative stonework,historic facade,British retail
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2X9BPB2 - A low-angle view of a decorative flag flying above the entrance to Burlington Arcade on Piccadilly in London's West End, England. The image captures the ornate stone fa??ade of the historic shopping arcade, including classical architectural detailing and the engraved Burlington Arcade name above the entrance.
Burlington Arcade is one of London's most famous luxury shopping destinations, originally opened in 1819 and renowned for its elegant Georgian architecture and long tradition of high-end retail. Located between Piccadilly and Bond Street, the arcade is home to a range of prestigious fashion, jewellery, and specialist retailers and is a well-known landmark for visitors to the capital.
The vibrant flag contrasts with the pale stonework of the building and the clear blue sky, adding a contemporary visual element to the historic structure. The upward perspective emphasises the grandeur and decorative detail of the arcade's fa??ade, reinforcing its status as a prominent West End landmark.
This image is suitable for editorial use illustrating luxury retail in London, historic shopping arcades, West End architecture, tourism in London, heritage buildings in modern city settings, and the visual identity of prestigious retail destinations.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Yorkshire,history,historic,heritage,facade,fa??ade,English,building,buildings,architecture,ornate,shops,shop,churches,West Yorkshire,England,UK,LS1 6HW,the,autumn,Fall,tree,trees,people,crowd,crowds,sunny,blue sky,blue skies,St Georges Church,icon,iconic,skyline
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2T2843N - Holy Trinity Church lies on Boar Lane in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is a Grade I listed Church of England parish church in the Parish of Leeds St George in the Diocese of Leeds. It was built in 1722?7, though its steeple dates from 1839. Holy Trinity is in the evangelical church tradition of the Church of England.
History and architecture
A 1714 proposal that a new church should be erected in central Leeds foundered for lack of subscribers, but, in 1722, Lady Elizabeth Hastings of Ledston, backed by leading merchants, revived the project, and the foundation stone of Holy Trinity was laid on 27 August 1722.
The architect of the church was for some time believed to be William Halfpenny. However, it has subsequently been discovered that his designs for the church, for which he was paid ?1 11s 6d on 8 May 1723, were never executed, and that the architect was William Etty of York. A letter from William Cookson to Ralph Thoresby dated 15 May 1723, enclosed a draught, the south front of our new church
it was drawn by Mr. Etty of York, who has also made us a wooden modell for our workmen to go by. Etty had been paid nineteen guineas in April of the same year for the model, which survived into the nineteenth century.
The west tower in Halfpenny's design was topped by a square, open colonnade with an obelisk-shaped spire. Etty did not envisage a spire, but a wooden one was later added by an unknown hand. Thomas Dunham Whitaker, Vicar of Whalley, Lancashire, in his Loidis and Elmete (1816), remarked of this spire: unquestionably one instance among many of private interference, by which the better judgment of real architects is often overruled, and for which they are unjustly considered as responsible. When the spire blew down in 1839, it was replaced by a taller stone steeple of three diminishing stages (architect: Robert Dennis Chantrell).
In 2020 a major refurbishment of the building was completed and will soon be home to a midweek ministry for city centre
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2T2848D -
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2T2848E - Leeds By Example supports Leeds City Council's ambition to become a carbon-neutral city by 2030. Find out more about the council's strategy to respond to climate change.
To stay up to date with climate emergency news and opportunities in Leeds, subscribe to our monthly #LeedsClimate newsletter.
Leeds By Example also supports the work of the Leeds Climate Commission and the Yorkshire and Humber Climate Commission. These are independent advisory bodies bringing together the public, private, and third sectors to support and guide ambitious climate actions in our city and region.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2T2848R -
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RWMEKT -
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RW3WYA - The Greek Revival fa??ade facing Great Russell Street is a characteristic building of Sir Robert Smirke, with 44 columns in the Ionic order 45 ft (14 m) high, closely based on those of the temple of Athena Polias at Priene in Asia Minor. The pediment over the main entrance is decorated by sculptures by Sir Richard Westmacott depicting The Progress of Civilisation, consisting of fifteen allegorical figures, installed in 1852.
The construction commenced around the courtyard with the East Wing (The King's Library) in 1823?1828, followed by the North Wing in 1833?1838, which originally housed among other galleries a reading room, now the Wellcome Gallery. Work was also progressing on the northern half of the West Wing (The Egyptian Sculpture Gallery) 1826?1831, with Montagu House demolished in 1842 to make room for the final part of the West Wing, completed in 1846, and the South Wing with its great colonnade, initiated in 1843 and completed in 1847, when the Front Hall and Great Staircase were opened to the public. The museum is faced with Portland stone, but the perimeter walls and other parts of the building were built using Haytor granite from Dartmoor in South Devon, transported via the unique Haytor Granite Tramway.
In 1846 Robert Smirke was replaced as the museum's architect by his brother Sydney Smirke, whose major addition was the Round Reading Room 1854?1857
at 140 feet (43 m) in diameter it was then the second widest dome in the world, the Pantheon in Rome being slightly wider.
The next major addition was the White Wing 1882?1884 added behind the eastern end of the South Front, the architect being Sir John Taylor.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2T35BXM - Victoria station, also known as London Victoria, is a central London railway terminus and connected London Underground station in Victoria, in the City of Westminster, managed by Network Rail. Named after the nearby Victoria Street[4] (itself named after Queen Victoria), the main line station is a terminus of the Brighton Main Line to Gatwick Airport and Brighton and the Chatham Main Line to Ramsgate and Dover via Chatham. From the main lines, trains can connect to the Catford Loop Line, the Dartford Loop Line, and the Oxted line to East Grinstead and Uckfield. Southern operates most commuter and regional services to south London, Sussex and parts of east Surrey, while Southeastern operates trains to south-east London and Kent, alongside limited services operated by Thameslink. Gatwick Express trains run direct to Gatwick. The Underground station is on the Circle and District lines between Sloane Square and St James's Park, and the Victoria line between Pimlico and Green Park. The area around the station is an important interchange for other forms of transport: a local bus station is in the forecourt and Victoria Coach Station is nearby.
Victoria was built to serve both the Brighton and Chatham Main Lines, and has always had a split feel of being two separate stations. The Brighton station opened in 1860 with the Chatham station following two years later. It replaced a temporary terminus at Pimlico, and construction involved building the Grosvenor Bridge over the River Thames. It became immediately popular as a London terminus, causing delays and requiring upgrades and rebuilding. It was well known for luxury Pullman train services and continental boat-train trips, and became a focal point for soldiers during World War I.
Like other London termini, steam trains were phased out of Victoria by the 1960s, to be replaced by suburban electric and diesel multiple-unit services
all services from the station are currently operated using electric multiple units
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RJ3YJM - A street-level view of Grand Central Hall, located at 35 Renshaw Street, Liverpool, showing its distinctive red brick and terracotta fa??ade with ornate Edwardian architectural detailing. The building features a prominent corner tower, arched main entrance, decorative stonework, and vertical emphasis typical of early twentieth-century nonconformist religious architecture. Pedestrians pass by at street level, providing scale and reinforcing its role within Liverpool's busy city centre streetscape.
Originally constructed as the Methodist Central Hall, the building formed part of a wider movement in the late Victorian and Edwardian periods to create large, multifunctional religious and social spaces within Britain's expanding industrial cities. Over time, Grand Central Hall has been repurposed for cultural, leisure, and entertainment uses, reflecting Liverpool's wider pattern of adaptive reuse of historic buildings.
The image captures the building under bright but lightly clouded daylight conditions, emphasising the contrast between red brickwork, pale stone detailing, and the surrounding urban environment. The photograph is suitable for editorial and commercial use illustrating British architectural heritage, Liverpool landmarks, historic city-centre buildings, and urban regeneration through reuse of former religious structures.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RFJ3D6 - The exterior of the former James Howell & Co department store on St Mary Street in Cardiff city centre, photographed in daylight under bright but overcast conditions. The building retains its original carved stone signage reading James Howell & Co above the main entrance, a clear surviving marker of its long retail history.
James Howell & Co was one of Wales's best-known independent department stores, trading from this site for over 150 years and forming a cornerstone of Cardiff's traditional shopping district. The architecture reflects early twentieth-century department store design, with a symmetrical fa??ade, tall pilasters and large display windows intended to convey stability, quality and civic pride.
Visible within the shopfront windows are contemporary panels and graphics referencing a New Era, indicating redevelopment and reuse following the store's closure. This juxtaposition of historic branding and modern regeneration messaging highlights the broader transformation of British high streets, where long-established department stores have struggled amid changing consumer behaviour, online retail and shifting urban economics.
The image captures a moment of transition in Cardiff's retail landscape, where heritage commercial buildings are being reconsidered for new purposes. It is well suited for editorial use covering high-street decline, retail regeneration, Welsh urban history, department store culture, and the changing identity of city-centre shopping streets in the UK.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RG8YF2 - Detail of the former Fire Brigade Headquarters building on London Road in Manchester city centre, postcode M1 2AE. The image focuses on the ornate stone cartouche bearing the carved inscription Fire Brigade Head Quarters, framed by decorative terracotta and red brickwork typical of late Victorian and Edwardian civic architecture.
London Road, now part of the A6 corridor, has long been associated with municipal infrastructure and public services, including transport, utilities, and emergency response. Purpose-built fire stations and headquarters such as this reflected the growing professionalisation of fire services in major industrial cities during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, responding to the risks posed by dense urban development and manufacturing.
The craftsmanship visible in the stone carving and fa??ade detailing illustrates the civic pride invested in public service buildings of the period, which were designed not only for operational use but also to project authority, permanence, and public confidence. The survival of the original inscription provides a direct physical link to Manchester's historic fire brigade and the city's wider industrial and social history.
Photographed in daylight, the image documents an important example of Manchester's architectural heritage and the historic role of emergency services within the evolving city centre landscape.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RG8YFX - Aviva Studios, the permanent home of Factory International, photographed on Water Street in Manchester city centre, postcode M3 4JQ. The building occupies a prominent position within the St John's regeneration area, close to the River Irwell and the historic former Granada Television studios site, marking a significant phase in Manchester's ongoing urban and cultural redevelopment.
Designed as a highly flexible cultural venue, Aviva Studios accommodates large-scale exhibitions, live music, theatre, dance, and immersive performance, supporting both international productions and UK-based creative work. The bold, angular exterior and industrial-scale form reflect Manchester's post-industrial identity, combining contemporary architectural language with references to the city's manufacturing and broadcasting heritage.
Opened as a flagship investment in the city's cultural infrastructure, Factory International and Aviva Studios play a strategic role in positioning Manchester as a leading European centre for the arts and creative industries. The surrounding public realm and adjacent developments underline wider regeneration ambitions for the St John's district, transforming former brownfield land into a mixed-use cultural and commercial quarter.
The image shows the building in daylight under a blue sky with scattered cloud, highlighting the metallic cladding, sharp lines, and contrasting textures of the fa??ade, with neighbouring high-rise development visible in the background. The photograph documents a key contemporary landmark in modern Manchester and the continuing evolution of the city's built environment.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RCDJ2X - This image shows the Leaders estate agents office located at 20?22 High Street in Northwich, Cheshire, housed within a striking black-and-white timber-framed building designed in a Tudor revival style. The building occupies a prominent corner position in the town centre and features decorative gables, leaded windows, and a small clock turret, all characteristic elements of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century mock Tudor commercial architecture.
Although the building appears historic, its design reflects a period when many English towns adopted Tudor revival styling to convey tradition, reliability, and civic pride, particularly for banks, offices, and commercial premises. The strong visual contrast of the half-timbered facade makes the structure a local landmark and an instantly recognisable feature of Northwich High Street.
In its current use as an estate agency, the building illustrates the adaptive reuse of heritage-style architecture for modern commercial purposes. Estate agents, financial services, and professional firms frequently occupy such buildings, benefiting from their prominent presence and the sense of permanence they convey in a changing high-street environment.
The image was taken in daylight under clear blue skies, with bunting strung across the street suggesting a civic event or seasonal decoration. As a documentary photograph, it captures both architectural character and contemporary town-centre life, reflecting the ongoing evolution of Northwich's high street while retaining visual links to the town's architectural past.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RCDJ39 - image shows the upper frontage of the former Bee Hive Inn, located at 44 High Street in Northwich town centre, Cheshire. The red-brick building retains prominent raised lettering reading Greenall Whitley & Co, identifying it as a former tied house of the well-known Cheshire and Lancashire brewery.
Greenall Whitley was founded in Warrington in the eighteenth century and became one of the North West's most significant regional brewers and pub owners. By the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the company operated hundreds of tied public houses across Cheshire, Lancashire, and North Wales. The Bee Hive Inn formed part of this estate and served generations of local residents as a traditional town-centre public house.
Architecturally, the building reflects late Victorian or Edwardian pub design, with a shaped gable, red brickwork, and strong street presence intended to signal permanence and respectability. Such design features were typical of brewery-owned pubs built or remodelled during this period.
The Bee Hive Inn has since closed as a licensed premises and the building has been repurposed for commercial use, reflecting wider patterns of pub closures and high-street change across the UK. Despite this, the surviving brewery signage and facade detailing preserve a visible link to Northwich's social and brewing history.
The photograph documents the layered history of a former public house, illustrating the transition from traditional pub culture to modern commercial reuse within a changing town-centre environment.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RCDJ41 - image shows the upper frontage of the former Bee Hive Inn, located at 44 High Street in Northwich town centre, Cheshire. The red-brick building retains prominent raised lettering reading Greenall Whitley & Co, identifying it as a former tied house of the well-known Cheshire and Lancashire brewery.
Greenall Whitley was founded in Warrington in the eighteenth century and became one of the North West's most significant regional brewers and pub owners. By the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the company operated hundreds of tied public houses across Cheshire, Lancashire, and North Wales. The Bee Hive Inn formed part of this estate and served generations of local residents as a traditional town-centre public house.
Architecturally, the building reflects late Victorian or Edwardian pub design, with a shaped gable, red brickwork, and strong street presence intended to signal permanence and respectability. Such design features were typical of brewery-owned pubs built or remodelled during this period.
The Bee Hive Inn has since closed as a licensed premises and the building has been repurposed for commercial use, reflecting wider patterns of pub closures and high-street change across the UK. Despite this, the surviving brewery signage and facade detailing preserve a visible link to Northwich's social and brewing history.
This image shows a historic membership plaque mounted on a red brick exterior wall at the Bee-Hive Inn on High Street in Northwich, Cheshire. The sign reads Member of Northwich & District Licensed Victuallers Association, Established 1885, linking the premises to a long-running local network of licensed publicans and the formal trade structures that supported pubs as regulated businesses.
Licensed victualler is an older term for a pubkeeper or licensed seller of alcoholic drink, and associations such as this were part practical support network and part professional badge. In a world before modern pub chains.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RCDJ50 - image shows the upper frontage of the former Bee Hive Inn, located at 44 High Street in Northwich town centre, Cheshire. The red-brick building retains prominent raised lettering reading Greenall Whitley & Co, identifying it as a former tied house of the well-known Cheshire and Lancashire brewery.
Greenall Whitley was founded in Warrington in the eighteenth century and became one of the North West's most significant regional brewers and pub owners. By the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the company operated hundreds of tied public houses across Cheshire, Lancashire, and North Wales. The Bee Hive Inn formed part of this estate and served generations of local residents as a traditional town-centre public house.
Architecturally, the building reflects late Victorian or Edwardian pub design, with a shaped gable, red brickwork, and strong street presence intended to signal permanence and respectability. Such design features were typical of brewery-owned pubs built or remodelled during this period.
The Bee Hive Inn has since closed as a licensed premises and the building has been repurposed for commercial use, reflecting wider patterns of pub closures and high-street change across the UK. Despite this, the surviving brewery signage and facade detailing preserve a visible link to Northwich's social and brewing history.
The photograph documents the layered history of a former public house, illustrating the transition from traditional pub culture to modern commercial reuse within a changing town-centre environment.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RCDJ55 - image shows the upper frontage of the former Bee Hive Inn, located at 44 High Street in Northwich town centre, Cheshire. The red-brick building retains prominent raised lettering reading Greenall Whitley & Co, identifying it as a former tied house of the well-known Cheshire and Lancashire brewery.
Greenall Whitley was founded in Warrington in the eighteenth century and became one of the North West's most significant regional brewers and pub owners. By the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the company operated hundreds of tied public houses across Cheshire, Lancashire, and North Wales. The Bee Hive Inn formed part of this estate and served generations of local residents as a traditional town-centre public house.
Architecturally, the building reflects late Victorian or Edwardian pub design, with a shaped gable, red brickwork, and strong street presence intended to signal permanence and respectability. Such design features were typical of brewery-owned pubs built or remodelled during this period.
The Bee Hive Inn has since closed as a licensed premises and the building has been repurposed for commercial use, reflecting wider patterns of pub closures and high-street change across the UK. Despite this, the surviving brewery signage and facade detailing preserve a visible link to Northwich's social and brewing history.
The photograph documents the layered history of a former public house, illustrating the transition from traditional pub culture to modern commercial reuse within a changing town-centre environment.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RC31AA - More info at https://ajppubs.co.uk/venues/
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RAP38Y - Knutsford Market Hall on Princess Street, Knutsford, Cheshire, shown from the street with its distinctive white-painted frontage, arched brick detailing, and traditional signage. The historic market hall has long formed part of Knutsford's town-centre identity, reflecting the town's role as a local trading and market centre serving surrounding rural Cheshire.
Bunting strung across the street suggests a community or seasonal event, reinforcing the building's ongoing civic and cultural role within the town. Knutsford is a well-known Cheshire market town, combining historic architecture with independent retail and local services, and the Market Hall remains a visible reminder of traditional English market-town life.
This image is suitable for editorial use illustrating British market towns, historic civic buildings, local retail heritage, town-centre regeneration, and everyday life in small-town England.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,NI,Northern Ireland,UK,centre,history,historic,heritage,Belfast,venue,theatres,historic theatre,building,Edwardian,architecture,listed,performing,arts,production,cultural,landmark,facade,front,entrance,door,doors,restored,BT2 7HR,BT2,city,urban,streetscape,arts and culture Northern Ireland,reflected light,bright blue sky
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RFJ3B3 - This image shows the Grand Opera House on Great Victoria Street in Belfast city centre, one of Northern Ireland's most prominent cultural and architectural landmarks. The theatre's striking red brick and cream stone facade, with its ornate detailing, circular windows, and domed corner turrets, reflects the Edwardian baroque style popular in the early twentieth century.
The words GRAND OPERA HOUSE are clearly visible across the upper facade, confirming the building's identity. The modern glazed entrance contrasts with the historic exterior, illustrating sensitive adaptation to contemporary access and audience needs while retaining the building's original character.
The photograph appears to have been taken during summer, under clear blue skies, with strong sunlight creating highlights and subtle reflections across the curved frontage and decorative stonework. The reflected light enhances the texture of the brickwork and architectural detailing, giving the building a warm, vibrant appearance. Pedestrians and passing vehicles provide a sense of scale and everyday city life.
Opened in 1895, the Grand Opera House has long been a central venue for opera, theatre, comedy, dance, and touring productions, playing a key role in Belfast's cultural life. The image captures both the building's historic grandeur and its continuing presence as a working city-centre theatre within a modern urban environment.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,BT52,Lodge Road,County Londonderry (Derry),Northern Ireland,United Kingdom,BT52 1LF,Coleraine Masonic Lodge,Masonic Hall Coleraine,fraternal organisation,Coleraine,County Londonderry,Derry,historic building,town centre landmark,Freemasonry,Masonic symbolism,square and compasses,lodge hall exterior,fraternal society,secret society symbolism,Latin motto,heritage architecture,classical facade,public hall,civic institution,Ulster history,community organisation,traditional society,meeting hall,architectural symmetry,townscape,documentary photography,local history,institutional building
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RAP32N - The exterior of the Coleraine Masonic Lodge, also known as the Masonic Hall, in Coleraine, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The symmetrical, classically influenced building features a central entrance with a pediment and prominent Masonic symbolism, including the square and compasses emblem and a circular crest set high on the facade.
Above the entrance is the Latin motto Audi Vide Tace, meaning Hear, See, Be Silent, a phrase traditionally associated with Freemasonry and reflecting values of discretion, observation, and reflection. The architecture and iconography identify the building as a meeting place for members of the Masonic fraternity, which has had a long presence in Northern Ireland's social and civic life.
Photographed in natural daylight, the image documents a historic fraternal organisation's physical presence within Coleraine's urban landscape. It provides a visual record of institutional architecture, symbolic tradition, and local heritage, illustrating how Masonic lodges have functioned as enduring civic landmarks within towns across the UK and Ireland.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RAP331 - A close view of the exterior signage of the former Dixons department store on Church Street in Coleraine, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The raised lettering reading Dixons of Coleraine is mounted against a light stone facade, marking the location of a once well-known town centre department store.
Dixons was part of Coleraine's traditional high street retail landscape, reflecting a period when independent or regionally recognised department stores formed the commercial backbone of Northern Irish towns. The remaining signage provides a visual trace of that era, even after the store itself has ceased trading.
Photographed in natural daylight, the image documents retail change and decline in town centres, capturing how historic shop names and architectural details persist as reminders of past commercial activity. It is suitable for illustrating themes of high street transformation, retail heritage, and the shifting nature of local economies across the UK and Ireland. Like many provincial department stores, it was built on personal service, loyal custom and a business model that depended on steady footfall and long-term relationships rather than rapid turnover. Its decline was not the result of a single misstep, but of sustained structural change: increasing competition from national chains, the rise of out-of-town retail parks, falling town-centre footfall, rising operating costs, and later the disruptive impact of online shopping. For the owning family, these pressures were compounded by the realities of succession. Continuing the business would have required significant reinvestment, longer working hours, and acceptance of growing financial risk in a sector with diminishing returns. As with many family-run retailers, the next generation faced different career opportunities and life choices, and the balance between personal risk and reward no longer stacked up. The closure of Dixons therefore reflects not just economic decline, but the human limits
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Dunnes Coleraine,Coleraine Waterside,retail waterfront,department store,Northern Ireland retail,County Londonderry,Derry,modern retail building,Coleraine town,large retail store,out,of,Dunnes Stores Coleraine,Irish retailer,supermarket and department store,waterfront architecture,riverside shopping,urban regeneration,mixed retail,car park,modern commercial architecture,glass facade,beige stone building,Northern Irish townscape,retail park,consumer shopping,high street alternative,economic activity,urban development,public realm,river frontage,Bann waterfront,everyday commerce,town economy,BT52 1BW,1-5 Bannside Wharf
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RAP348 - A wide riverside view of the Dunnes Stores retail complex at the Waterside in Coleraine, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, positioned directly alongside the River Bann. The modern department store building features a combination of light stone cladding and large glazed sections, reflecting contemporary retail architecture associated with large Irish-owned retail chains.
The store forms a prominent part of Coleraine's waterside commercial area, with car parking and pedestrian access integrated along the river frontage. Dunnes Stores is a well-established retailer across Ireland and the UK, combining grocery, clothing, and household goods under one brand, and this location serves as a major shopping destination for Coleraine and the surrounding Causeway Coast region.
Photographed in natural daylight with the river in the foreground, the image documents modern retail development in a Northern Irish town, illustrating the shift towards larger out-of-town or edge-of-centre retail environments and their relationship with urban regeneration and waterfront landscapes. The scene highlights everyday consumer activity and the economic role of large retail anchors within regional town centres.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,historic,heritage,the,Surrey,GU1 3AJ,GU1,169,pub,pubs,bar,bars,Stonegate,Group,building,front,black,entrance,facade,classic,traditional,watering hole,boozer,ancient,sign,signs,pigeon,small,window,windows,English,architecture,decorative,haunted,hauntings
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RPCFM3 - The Three Pigeons is a traditional English Pub situated on the top of Guildford's High street, just in front of the Holy Trinity church.
Guildford is an historic and tourist town, offering a large number of shopping outlets and the Three Pigeons sits right in the middle of it.
The Three Pigeons has stood here since the middle of the 18th century - a fire badly damaged it in 1916, fortunately it was rebuilt two years later. The design of the new frontage was inspired by a late 17th century house on Oxford's high Street and like many buildings on Guildford's ancient high street, it is reputed to be haunted.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R3WMNT - This image shows Central Parade flats and its prominent clock tower on Church Hill in Walthamstow, East London, an instantly recognisable local landmark within the Walthamstow Village area of the London Borough of Waltham Forest. The building dates from the interwar period and reflects the practical yet decorative municipal architecture of the 1930s, combining red brick construction with patterned concrete panels and a tall vertical tower housing a large public clock.
The development was designed as mixed-use housing, with commercial premises at ground level and residential flats above, a common urban model intended to support walkable neighbourhoods and local trade. The clock tower acts as both a civic feature and a wayfinding landmark, visually anchoring Church Hill and the surrounding streets.
The photograph was taken in daylight under a bright, partly cloudy summer sky, which highlights the contrasting textures of brick, concrete, and glazing across the facade. Pedestrians, traffic signals, and nearby residential buildings place the structure firmly within everyday London life, emphasising its continued role as functional housing rather than a preserved monument.
Images such as this are well suited to editorial use covering themes of London housing, social and municipal architecture, urban regeneration, local identity, mixed-use development, and the character of historic residential areas in East London.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R3WMP3 - This image shows Central Parade flats and its prominent clock tower on Church Hill in Walthamstow, East London, an instantly recognisable local landmark within the Walthamstow Village area of the London Borough of Waltham Forest. The building dates from the interwar period and reflects the practical yet decorative municipal architecture of the 1930s, combining red brick construction with patterned concrete panels and a tall vertical tower housing a large public clock.
The development was designed as mixed-use housing, with commercial premises at ground level and residential flats above, a common urban model intended to support walkable neighbourhoods and local trade. The clock tower acts as both a civic feature and a wayfinding landmark, visually anchoring Church Hill and the surrounding streets.
The photograph was taken in daylight under a bright, partly cloudy summer sky, which highlights the contrasting textures of brick, concrete, and glazing across the facade. Pedestrians, traffic signals, and nearby residential buildings place the structure firmly within everyday London life, emphasising its continued role as functional housing rather than a preserved monument.
Images such as this are well suited to editorial use covering themes of London housing, social and municipal architecture, urban regeneration, local identity, mixed-use development, and the character of historic residential areas in East London.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,London,city,centre,central,Walthamstow,Royal Mail Customer Service Point,Royal Mail Service Point,telecoms antennas,mobile phone mast,rooftop antennas,public service building,government owned,red brick building,London street scene,urban infrastructure,post office alternative,parcel collection,missed delivery,customer collection point,logistics,mail distribution,letters and parcels,national infrastructure,essential services,critical infrastructure,telecommunications equipment,mobile network infrastructure,radio antennas,rooftop installation,modern office building,utilitarian architecture,concrete facade,brick facade,signage,logo
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R3WMP8 - This image shows the Royal Mail Customer Service Point and delivery office in Walthamstow, located on Forest Road in the London Borough of Waltham Forest, East London. The utilitarian mid-20th-century building combines red brick and concrete cladding, with clearly visible Royal Mail branding above the public entrance and a red-framed customer service area at street level.
Prominently mounted on the roof is a cluster of telecommunications masts and antennas, used by mobile phone and radio networks, highlighting how essential public buildings are often repurposed to support modern digital communications infrastructure. The juxtaposition of traditional postal services with contemporary telecoms equipment reflects the evolving nature of national infrastructure in the UK, where legacy institutions coexist with mobile and data networks.
The scene is photographed in daylight under a bright blue sky with scattered cloud, lending clarity to the architectural details and rooftop installations. A member of the public can be seen entering or leaving the service point, reinforcing the everyday, functional role of the building in handling mail, parcels, and customer collections.
Images like this are well suited to editorial use covering themes of public services, logistics, communications networks, urban infrastructure, digital transformation, and the continuing role of Royal Mail as a key national institution in England.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,city,centre,central,historic,architecture,religion,building,exterior,British,history,travel,tourism,parish,medieval,gothic,tower,clock,windows,stone,facade,cemetery,garden,trees,greenery,summer,daylight,peaceful,tranquil,community,local,neighbourhood,East,culture,listed,urban,faith
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R3WMPN - This image shows St Mary's Church, the historic parish church of Walthamstow, located at Church End in East London. The church is set within a landscaped churchyard containing gravestones, flowers and mature trees, creating a calm green space within the surrounding urban area.
St Mary's has medieval origins and has been altered and extended over centuries, resulting in a distinctive exterior that reflects different periods of church architecture. The tower with its clock face forms a prominent local landmark, while the long nave and arched windows emphasise the building's role as a place of worship and community gathering.
The photograph was taken in daylight during the warmer months, with trees in leaf and wildflowers visible in the churchyard, adding seasonal colour and softness to the scene. The combination of historic stonework and greenery makes the location attractive to visitors, walkers and those interested in London's religious and architectural heritage.
St Mary's Church remains an important focal point in Walthamstow Village, illustrating the area's transformation from a rural settlement to part of the modern capital, while preserving a strong sense of continuity, local identity and spiritual history.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,London,city,centre,central,Nags Head pub,London pub,public house,gastropub,traditional pub exterior,green tiled facade,pink frontage,outdoor seating,beer garden,London street scene,bar,pubs,bars,London Borough of Waltham Forest,East London,village high street,historic pub,independent pub,local pub,hospitality industry,food and drink,pub culture,neighbourhood pub,al fresco seating,summer daytime,pastel colours,tiled exterior,architectural detail,signage,bunting
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R3WMR9 - This image shows the exterior of The Nags Head, a well-known public house located at 9 Orford Road in the heart of Walthamstow Village, East London. The pub is instantly recognisable by its distinctive green glazed tile facade, contrasting pink-painted woodwork, and traditional hanging signage, which together give it a strong visual identity within the local streetscape.
Outdoor wooden tables and benches line the pavement outside the pub, creating a popular space for al fresco drinking and dining, particularly during warmer months. The scene reflects the village-like character of Orford Road, which is known for its independent shops, caf??s, restaurants, and historic buildings, offering a quieter contrast to the busier parts of Walthamstow further south.
The Nags Head has long been part of Walthamstow's social life, functioning as a neighbourhood pub and community meeting place. The photograph was taken in daylight under an overcast but bright sky, which evenly lights the tiled exterior and architectural details without harsh shadows.
This image is well suited to editorial use covering London pub culture, neighbourhood life, independent hospitality, East London streetscapes, food and drink tourism, and the character of historic village centres within the capital.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,Charles Dickens blue plaque,literary landmark,heritage plaque,London history,famous residents,London Borough of Camden,Tavistock Square,WC1,Victorian London,English literature,cultural heritage,historic building,stone facade,commemorative plaque,birthplace and homes,authors and writers,literary tourism,British history,editorial image,documentary photography,UK heritage,books,writing,1851,and,1860,marked,marking,recording,recognition,authors,city,centre
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R4WDH2 - This image shows a blue heritage plaque commemorating Charles Dickens, mounted on the exterior wall of Tavistock House in the Bloomsbury area of central London. The plaque records that Dickens lived at or near this site between 1851 and 1860, a significant period in his literary career during the height of Victorian Britain.
Charles Dickens is widely regarded as one of the greatest English novelists, known for works such as Bleak House, Hard Times, Little Dorrit, and Great Expectations. His time at Tavistock House coincided with the production of several major novels and reflects his close association with London, a city that features prominently in his writing as both setting and subject.
Blue plaques form part of a long-established British tradition of marking buildings connected with notable historical figures, helping to preserve cultural memory within the urban landscape. Positioned on a stone facade beside an arched window, the plaque links everyday streetscapes with the literary and social history of the capital.
Photographed in daylight, the image emphasises the crisp blue-and-white enamel of the plaque against the pale masonry, making it well suited to editorial use covering English literature, literary heritage, historic London, famous writers, education, and cultural tourism in the UK.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,SE10 9HT,SE10,Isle Of Dogs,Royal Borough of Greenwich,Isle of Dogs,bicycle,cycling infrastructure,London transport,historic tunnel,public infrastructure,urban transport,London Borough of Tower Hamlets,E14,Thames crossing,underground passage,Edwardian architecture,early 20th century engineering,brick facade,stone doorway,commuter route,sustainable transport,walking and cycling,shared use space,urban mobility,London landmarks,documentary photography,editorial image,UK city life,history,historic,heritage
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R4WDXM - This image shows the north entrance of the Greenwich Foot Tunnel on the Isle of Dogs in East London. A cyclist is seen emerging from the red brick and stone entrance building, highlighting the tunnel's continued use as a key non-motorised crossing beneath the River Thames.
Opened in 1902, the Greenwich Foot Tunnel was constructed to provide free access for pedestrians between Greenwich and what is now the Canary Wharf area, supporting workers travelling to docks and industrial sites on both sides of the river. Today it remains an important route for commuters, residents, and visitors, particularly for walking and cycling, although cyclists are required to dismount within the tunnel itself.
The entrance building features characteristic Edwardian civic architecture, with solid brickwork, stone detailing, and recessed doorways that convey durability and public purpose. The scene is photographed in daylight, with trees and greenery visible nearby, situating the structure within its riverside urban setting.
This image is well suited to editorial use covering London transport infrastructure, historic engineering, sustainable travel, cycling culture, urban mobility, and everyday life along the River Thames.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R55J81 - This image shows The Trafalgar Tavern, a well-known historic riverside pub located on the south bank of the River Thames in Greenwich, South East London. The building's distinctive cream and pastel facade faces directly onto the river, making it one of the most recognisable landmarks along this stretch of the Thames.
Originally built in the early 19th century, the Trafalgar Tavern has long been associated with Greenwich's maritime past and has been frequented over the years by sailors, merchants, politicians, and visitors. Its prominent riverside position has made it a popular destination for locals and tourists alike, particularly for dining and socialising with views across the Thames toward the Isle of Dogs.
The photograph was taken in the evening, with soft daylight illuminating the waterfront and creating a relaxed, social atmosphere. Boats are moored in the foreground on the river, while people can be seen gathering along the riverside promenade beneath rows of trees, suggesting a busy and convivial scene during fair weather.
This image is well suited to editorial use covering London pubs, riverside architecture, Greenwich tourism, hospitality, leisure, British social life, and the enduring appeal of Thames-side landmarks in the capital.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,London,England,UK,London N6,red brick architecture,neighbourhood,society,Highgate Society,Highgate conservation,community group office,heritage organisation,local history,civic engagement,South Grove Highgate,period architecture,arched window,brick facade,street entrance,notice boards,community noticeboard,London neighbourhoods,grassroots organisation,urban heritage,documentary photography,everyday civic life,community,notices,pinned,displayed,official,on,external,boards
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RA23AR - The exterior of The Highgate Society building at 11 South Grove in Highgate, north London. The red-brick property features arched windows and period detailing typical of the area's late-19th-century architecture and serves as the headquarters of the Highgate Society, a long-established local community and conservation organisation.
The Highgate Society is known for its involvement in protecting the historic character, green spaces, and built environment of Highgate, as well as representing local residents' interests in planning and development matters. Notice boards outside the building display community information and events, reinforcing its role as a focal point for civic engagement.
Photographed in natural daylight, the image documents the everyday presence of grassroots community organisations within London neighbourhoods. It illustrates themes of local activism, conservation, heritage stewardship, and the continuing use of historic buildings for contemporary civic purposes.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,London,England,UK,Highgate,urban,development,Hampstead residential building,historic London building,North London architecture,Hampstead village,residential property,8 New End,Hampstead,Georgian,style,facade,classical pediment,sash windows,heritage conversion,former institutional building,London housing,conservation area,urban residential architecture,symmetrical facade,neighbourhood character,documentary photography,London streetscape,building,history,heritage,historic,door,entrance,NW3 1DR,NW3
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RA23D5 - The exterior of Kendalls Hall Apartments at 8 New End in Hampstead, north London. The red brick building features a formal, symmetrical facade with white stone dressings, sash windows and a prominent central entrance framed by classical detailing, reflecting the architectural language of late Georgian or early Victorian institutional buildings.
Originally constructed for non-residential use, the building has since been converted into private apartments, a common pattern in Hampstead where historic structures have been adapted for contemporary residential living. Its location on New End places it within one of Hampstead's conservation areas, characterised by a mix of village-scale streets, period buildings and long-established residential use.
Photographed in natural daylight, the image documents the reuse of historic architecture within London's housing stock. It illustrates themes of heritage preservation, adaptive reuse, and the continuing demand for residential space within established north London neighbourhoods. Features : Red brick facade with white stone detailing, Central entrance with classical pediment
Symmetrical sash windows
Residential conversion signage by form and use. Kendalls Hall at 8 New End, Hampstead is a substantial late-Georgian / early-Victorian institutional building whose formal red-brick fa??ade and classical detailing reflect its original use for organised communal or educational purposes rather than private housing. Like many large buildings in Hampstead, it was later rendered obsolete by changes in social provision and land use, and during the 20th century was converted into private apartments, a process that preserved its external architectural character while adapting the interior for residential living. Today the building stands as a typical example of Hampstead's pattern of adaptive reuse, where former institutional architecture has been absorbed into the area's residential fabric, retaining a strong visual link to history
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,WA2 7NG,WA2,Warrington Youth Zone,Youth Zone building,youth centre Warrington,youth services UK,Warrington landmark,base,Warrington WA2,Cheshire England,Dallam Lane,OnSide Youth Zones,young people services,community investment,modern architecture,colourful facade,public building exterior,education and wellbeing,social inclusion,town regeneration,contemporary civic building,local authority partnership,documentary photography,editorial image,LA,local,authority,WBC,outside
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R5PNK2 - This image shows the exterior of Warrington Youth Zone, located on Dallam Lane in Warrington, Cheshire (postcode WA2 7NG). The large, purpose-built facility is designed as a modern youth centre providing safe, supportive spaces and activities for young people from across the town.
Warrington Youth Zone forms part of the national OnSide Youth Zones network, which works in partnership with local authorities, businesses, and charities to deliver affordable access to sports, creative arts, mentoring, and wellbeing services. Buildings of this type are often highly visible, architecturally bold, and positioned as symbols of community investment and regeneration.
The colourful cladding and contemporary design distinguish the building from surrounding urban fabric, reflecting its role as a welcoming and aspirational space for young people. The setting within a redeveloping area of Warrington highlights broader efforts to address youth provision, social inclusion, and community resilience.
Photographed in daylight with surrounding roads and vehicles visible, the image is well suited to editorial use covering youth services, community infrastructure, regeneration projects, charitable organisations, modern civic architecture, and social policy in England
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,city,centre,tourism,tourist,attraction,L1,L1 9BH,5-11,Merseyside,exterior,of,the,play,plays,productions,entrance,Roger McGough,Adrian Henri,scene,charity,Liverpool and Merseyside Theatres Trust Limited,new design,redevelopment,redeveloped,facade,fa??ade,outside,landmark,sign,Stirling prize,red
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PJW6RM - The Everyman Theatre stands at the north end of Hope Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England. It was founded in 1964, in Hope Hall (once a chapel, then a cinema), in an area of Liverpool noted for its bohemian environment and political edge, and quickly built a reputation for ground-breaking work. The Everyman was completely rebuilt between 2011 and 2014
The building was constructed as Hope Hall, a dissenters' chapel built in 1837. In 1841 it became a church dedicated to Saint John the Evangelist. This became a public concert hall in 1853. In 1912 the hall was turned into Hope Hall Cinema, which continued serving this purpose until it closed in 1963. Prior to its closure the hall had become a meeting place for local artists, poets, folk musicians, and sculptors, including Arthur Dooley, Roger McGough, and Adrian Henri, forming what became known as the Liverpool Scene. This group decided that the building would be suitable for use as a theatre and in September 1964 the Everyman Theatre was opened by Martin Jenkins, Peter James and Terry Hands
In July 2011 the theatre closed to be completely rebuilt. The last major production was Macbeth, starring David Morrissey and Julia Ford, which closed on 11 June. This was followed by performances from Roger McGough and Brian Patten, and by the local pop band Deaf School. The final closure event took place on 2 July. From 28 July contents of the theatre, including seats and benches from the theatre, and pillars from the original Hope Hall, were available for purchase by auction.
The Everyman reopened in February 2014.[8] In October 2014, the Stirling Prize from the Royal Institute of British Architects for the best British building of the year was awarded to Haworth Tompkins for their work on the new Everyman
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,mainline,main,line,platform,platforms,L1 1JD,L1,transport,public,Merseyside,Northern Powerhouse,NPR,lit,up,at,night,gateway,night-time,time,BR,British,railways,facade,lighted,icon,iconic,landmark,front,panorama,pano,after dark,urban,transportation
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2MGPE02 - Liverpool Lime Street is a terminus railway station and the main station serving the city centre of Liverpool. Opened in August 1836, it is the oldest still-operating grand terminus mainline station in the world. A branch of the West Coast Main Line from London Euston terminates at the station, as does the original Liverpool and Manchester Railway. Journeys from Lime Street cover a wide range of destinations across England, Scotland and Wales.
Having realised that their existing Crown Street railway station was too far away from the city centre, the Liverpool and Manchester Railway commenced construction of the more central Lime Street station in October 1833. Designed by John Cunningham, Arthur Holme and John Foster Jr, it was officially opened in August 1836. Proving to be very popular with train commuters, expansion of the station had become necessary within six years of its opening. The first expansion, which was collaboratively produced by Joseph Locke, Richard Turner, William Fairbairn and John Kennedy, was completed in 1849 at a total cost of ?15,000 (equivalent to ?1,660,000 in 2021). During 1867, work upon a further expansion of Lime Street station commenced, during which time the present northern arched train shed was built. Designed by William Baker and Francis Stevenson, the train shed was the largest such structure in the world upon completion, featuring a span of 200 feet (61 m), as well as the first to make extensive use of iron. During 1879, a second parallel southern train shed was completed.
During the 1970s, a new urban rail network known as Merseyrail was developed, while all other long-distance terminal stations in Liverpool were closed, resulting in such services being centralised at Lime Street for the whole city. In October 2003, the Pendolino service operated by Virgin Trains West Coast was ceremonially unveiled at the station, introducing a faster service between Liverpool and London.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M6W9FR - Dr Edward Jenner (1749-1823), native of Berkeley, Gloucestershire, he was an early pioneer of vaccination whose most spectacular achievement was to eradicate smallpox, which had until that time been a widespread and seriously devastating disease. He has a museum dedicated to him at his former home in Berkeley, and their website has lots of interesting information about his life and work. Although his birthplace was always where his heart was, and his pioneering work also led him to establish medical practices in London, he spent some 25 years living during the summer season in Cheltenham, where he owned a house (later two houses and a garden) in St George's Place. It was from this house that the smallpox vaccine was sent out around the world ? and such was Jenner's humanitarian spirit he administered it free of charge to the poor. The narrow street was frequently crowded with up to 300 people a day clamouring for his services
Jenner didn't keep all of the garden to himself, however. In 1809 the Rev. Rowland Hill, a close friend of Jenner's, built the Cheltenham Chapel on land adjoining the edge of the garden. Built to relieve the overcrowding of the parish church and other local chapels during the town's rapid expansion years, the new chapel was non-denominational and hosted services of pretty much any kind ? only the Unitarians were banned. Designed by Edward Smith, it was described at the time as plain, neat and commodious and contained 1000 seats. A year later the chapel's trustees bought the bottom end of Dr Jenner's garden for ?450 for use as a burial ground, and an access lane was made across the garden to link the chapel with St George's Place directly opposite Jenner House. Jenner and Hill took a close interest in each other's work, and a vaccination clinic was held in the chapel every Sunday after the religious service
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M6W9GA - At the heart of Cheltenham's busy High Street, John Lewis & Partners Cheltenham is a shopping destination not to be missed!
A beautiful branch of the popular British chain of high-end department stores throughout the United Kingdom, the shop boasts over 49,000 products from more than a thousand brands.
Departments include:
Audio, TV & Technology
Fashion & Beauty
Nursery & Childrenswear
Furniture & Furnishings
Beds & Bedroom Furniture, and Kitchenware
Haberdashery
Bureau De Change
Full list of departments can be found here - John Lewis Cheltenham
In-store restaurants include Huffkins cafe, open every day for breakfast, brunch, lunch & afternoon tea and The Place To Eat for refreshments and light bites. Both are wheelchair accessible.
Car parking is available for customers in the adjoining Citipark, spread across five storeys and perfect for customers who want to quickly pop into the store or alternatively avoid bad weather in winter.
Opening hours are Monday - Sunday 6am-9.30pm. Up to 30 mins FREE parking is available for John Lewis & Partners Click and Collect customers.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M6W9GP - Cheltenham owes much to its Regency roots, which were pivotal in assuring its growth from a Medieval Manor village, to the Town it is today. A visit by King George III secured Cheltenham's reputation as a fashionable place to be seen, and this popularity contributed to its rapid growth during the Regency Period. This short and extensive expansion period has given our Town an abundance of Regency buildings, and has earned us our place as Britain's most complete Regency Town.
As a style, Regency Architecture started popping up in the late 1700's, pioneered by Scottish Architect Robert Adam, and continued even after King George IV's untimely death, well into the 1840's. It is strictly attributed to late Georgian architecture and is typified by a renaissance of neoclassicism, which drew inspiration from the Ancient Greeks and Romans, featuring Ionic Porticos and fluted columns galore. Anyone taking a casual stroll around Cheltenham will easily spot these ancient influences, which adorn many buildings in the Town. Regency Style was also used to describe the decorative arts of the interior design including block printed, or striped wallpaper, as well as the fashion of the time including the famous Empire silhouette. Pop along to the Holst Birthplace Museum to see a perfectly preserved interior from the period.
Much of Cheltenham's iconic architecture was built during the Regency and subsequent Reign of King George IV between 1811 and 1830. Unlike many other periods of architecture, Regency was not about strict building rules, and was instead more a set of 'guidelines' for the design of the buildings.
For example, many modern Cheltenham homes reside in plain, elegant Regency buildings, particularly around Tivoli, The Suffolks and Bath Road. These Regency gems often appear flat roofed (but look closely they aren't) and have a flat vertical fa??ade, string course (a horizontal line in relief between floors) and are finished in stucco with multi-paned sash windows.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M6W9JW - Cheltenham Borough Council is the local authority for Cheltenham, which is split into 20 wards, with a total of 40 councillors elected to serve on the borough council. Since 2002, elections have been held every two years with half of the councillors elected at each election. Following the last election in 2022, there were 31 Liberal Democrat members, 6 Conservatives, 2 representing the People Against Bureaucracy group, and 1 from the Green Party, a historical first. On 5 June 2022, Liberal Democrat councillor Wendy Flynn defected to the Green Party. In September 2022, the mayor, councillor Sandra Holliday, was suspended from the Liberal Democrats for 12 months for bullying. She remains in post but non aligned.
History
The district was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, and was redrawn in 1991 with the addition of the areas of Leckhampton, Up Hatherley and Prestbury
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M6W9K0 - In 1809, Henry Thompson constructed a wooden pavilion with a colonnade as part of the wider development of the Montpellier Spa on land previously known as Trafalgar Field.[3] By 1817 it had been rebuilt in stone as the Montpellier Spa became increasingly popular. Thompson employed the architect George Allen Underwood, who completed the building with a statue of a crouching lion on the parapet.
In 1826, Henry Thompson's son Pearson Thompson asked John Buonarotti Papworth to oversee the project and it was during this period that the dome was erected. The dome is inspired by Rome's Pantheon and has almost identical proportions.[5][4] The building was used as a pumproom, with water from local wells, and ballroom with an additional billiard room and reading room.
Concerts were held in the building including Jenny Lind in 1848 and the first performance of a Scherzo by local composer Gustav Holst in 1891.
The Spa and surrounding gardens were purchased by the Cheltenham Borough Council in 1893.[3] The building was designated as a Grade I listed building in 1955. During the 1960s the council and Lloyds Bank undertook restoration work.[3]
The Rotunda building when it housed a branch of Lloyds Bank
Since 2017 it has housed a restaurant belonging to the Ivy Collection, a group of UK restaurants, who undertook restoration work.
Architecture
The building has limestone walls with a copper roof. The front of the building has a colonnade of doric columns, a frieze of alternating square and rectangular panels and a parapet. The central wooden dome in the assembly room is coffered internally and has light entering via the lantern in the centre. The room is 56 feet (17 m) high and 54 feet (16 m) across
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RD23XN - This image shows the exterior of the Ebenezer Primitive Methodist Chapel in Filey, North Yorkshire, also commonly referred to as the Fishermen's Chapel. The red-brick building dates from the nineteenth century and reflects the growth of Primitive Methodism along the Yorkshire coast, where chapels played a central role in working-class and maritime communities.
The symmetrical facade features decorative brick detailing, arched windows, and contrasting stone dressings, typical of Victorian nonconformist chapel architecture. Green painted doors and window frames add visual contrast to the red brickwork, while iron railings mark the boundary between the chapel and the street.
Located on Union Street, close to Filey's historic fishing area, the chapel is closely associated with the town's fishing heritage. Primitive Methodist chapels often provided both religious worship and social support for fishermen and their families, particularly in coastal towns exposed to the dangers of the North Sea.
The photograph was taken in daylight under overcast conditions, producing even lighting that emphasises architectural detail. The image documents an important element of Filey's religious and social history and illustrates the enduring presence of nonconformist chapels in England's seaside towns.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JTF4EG - Victoria Hall, Saltaire (originally the Saltaire Institute) is a Grade II* listed building in the village of Saltaire, near Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, built by architects Lockwood and Mawson
Saltaire Institute was built by the architectural firm of Lockwood and Mawson between 1867 and 1871 for the industrialist and philanthropist Sir Titus Salt. It cost ?25,000. In the original design, the building contained a main hall seating 800, a lecture room, two art rooms, a laboratory, a gymnasium, a library of 8,500 books and a reading room. For use of the building, a quarterly fee was charged. This ranged downwards from 2 shillings for adult males
Victoria Hall is a T-plan, two-storey building with a basement, constructed in ashlar, with rock-faced stone and a Welsh slate roof
To the front, the exterior has a symmetrical, eleven-bay Italianate facade, with vermiculated quoins at ground floor level and pilaster quoins to the first floor. The central bay of the building breaks forward. On top of this bay is an elaborate square tower with pyramidal ashlar roof. Each side of the tower has a modillioned segmental pediment on an enriched entablature, supported by Corinthian columns, framing slender, round-arched windows. The central portal has double, panelled doors, fanlight, and large open segmental pediment supported on large consoles. The tympanum has a cartouche bearing the Salt family coat of arms, flanked by the carved figures of Art and Science by Thomas Milnes.
At basement level, the windows are square-headed, while at ground and first floor level the windows are round-arched and archivolted, the first floor windows being framed by fluted Corinthian colonnettes, and with carved head keystones and blind balustrade with turned balusters. There is a dentilled cornice between the ground and first floors. The modillioned cornice forms the base to a deep, panelled parapet decorated with rosettes and pedimented piers with grotesque winged beasts
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M07AG0 - In the late 19th century, civic leaders decided to procure a new town hall: the site they had selected had been occupied by a row of residential properties. The foundation stone for the new building was laid by Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom on 13 May 1902.It was designed by Henry Cheers in the Edwardian Baroque style, built with terracotta facings by W. J. Bowers and was completed in 1904. The design involved a symmetrical main frontage with seven bays facing onto St Owen's Street with the end bays containing oriel windows below towers with domes
the central section of three bays featured an arched doorway with rusticated columns on the ground floor, mullioned tri-partite windows spanning the first and second floors and an open pediment containing a coat of arms with an oculus above. Internally, the principal rooms were the council chamber and the main assembly hall
The town hall was the headquarters of Hereford City Council for much of the 20th century and continued to be the local seat of government when Hereford District Council was formed in 1974. Queen Elizabeth II, accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh, visited the town hall and unveiled a plaque on 24 April 1957.
In autumn 1974 the City of Hereford adopted the frigate, HMS Antelope
following the loss of the ship in May 1982 after it came under attack by four Argentine A-4B Skyhawks during the Falklands War, the mast head and other artifacts were recovered from the South Atlantic and displayed in the town hall.
The town hall ceased its local government role when the enlarged Herefordshire Council was formed at Brockington House in Hereford in 1998. However, in April 2000 the town hall became the home of the newly formed Hereford Town Council, which was itself designated Hereford City Council in October 2000. A programme of restoration works to the fa??ade was completed in July 2019
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M07AG8 - In the late 19th century, civic leaders decided to procure a new town hall: the site they had selected had been occupied by a row of residential properties. The foundation stone for the new building was laid by Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom on 13 May 1902.It was designed by Henry Cheers in the Edwardian Baroque style, built with terracotta facings by W. J. Bowers and was completed in 1904. The design involved a symmetrical main frontage with seven bays facing onto St Owen's Street with the end bays containing oriel windows below towers with domes
the central section of three bays featured an arched doorway with rusticated columns on the ground floor, mullioned tri-partite windows spanning the first and second floors and an open pediment containing a coat of arms with an oculus above. Internally, the principal rooms were the council chamber and the main assembly hall
The town hall was the headquarters of Hereford City Council for much of the 20th century and continued to be the local seat of government when Hereford District Council was formed in 1974. Queen Elizabeth II, accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh, visited the town hall and unveiled a plaque on 24 April 1957.
In autumn 1974 the City of Hereford adopted the frigate, HMS Antelope
following the loss of the ship in May 1982 after it came under attack by four Argentine A-4B Skyhawks during the Falklands War, the mast head and other artifacts were recovered from the South Atlantic and displayed in the town hall.
The town hall ceased its local government role when the enlarged Herefordshire Council was formed at Brockington House in Hereford in 1998. However, in April 2000 the town hall became the home of the newly formed Hereford Town Council, which was itself designated Hereford City Council in October 2000. A programme of restoration works to the fa??ade was completed in July 2019
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K0YX5E - Baptist church. 1837. By Edwin Down
galleries added 1870s
partly refitted and extended to the rear c1902. Bath stone ashlar with stucco recess and slate roof. Rectangular plan with schoolrooms to rear. Classical style. Single-storey
symmetrical 2-window range. A pediment over a dentilled cornice spans the facade
it is supported by full-height Ionic columns flanking the deeply recessed centre which has Egyptian-style tapered 2-panel double doors with 2 panels above, set in a moulded architrave with cornice
dated plaque above and smaller doors to sides of recess. The outer bays are each flanked by Tuscan antae and have a semicircular arched window with small panes, moulded architrave and panelled apron above banded rustication. A moulded string-course below the apron continues round central recess. The moulding to base of columns continues round the building as a plinth. Steps up to central range are flanked by c1837 cast-iron lamp standards with rope-pattern moulding on octagonal bases and with C20 lamps. INTERIOR: the church room is virtually complete, rear rooms are being remodelled (1991). A richly moulded cornice to the coved and panelled ceiling continues round a recess to the north end which is curved at the inner corners. Organ, at gallery level, is flanked by paired Corinthian pilasters. Pulpit below is Classical style. The base has 3 semicircular arches with moulded archivolts and fluted keystones over shallow fluted recesses
the central, larger recess has 3 brackets to support projecting panel above
this upper part has 4 moulded semicircular arches, the central 2 project, resting on vase columns. To each side the pulpit stairs curve backward, with square fluted newels and thick vertical moulding to stick balusters. Gallery to sides and south end has a moulded wooden rail over cast-iron trellised panels of leaves, coved beneath to rest on cast-iron capitals with acanthus capitals. Gallery is steeply raked with original numbered wooden pews
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JHW8BB - Southport Town Hall has a stuccoed fa??ade painted white, and a slate roof in Palladian style. It has a rectangular plan plus extensions to the rear. The hall is in two storeys with a basement, and it has a symmetrical front of seven bays. Between some of the bays are paired pilasters, giving a window arrangement of 1:2:1:2:1. The basement and ground floor are rusticated. Between the floors are a frieze and a cornice, the upper cornice being dentillated. In the centre of the building is a double parallel staircase with a balustraded parapet. This leads to a porch flanked by a pair of pilasters and a fluted Doric column on each side. On top of the porch is a triglyph frieze, a cornice, and a balustraded parapet. Above the porch is a balcony with a window flanked by Ionic semi-columns and paired pilasters. The windows in the basement are short and rectangular, those in the ground floor are tall and round-headed with keystones and voussoirs, and in the upper floor they are tall and flat-headed with architraves. All the windows contain sashes. Above the central bay is a pediment with a tympanum containing carved personifications of Justice, Mercy and Truth, and this is flanked by balustraded parapets. The original interiors are no longer present
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JHW8DC - Manchester & County Bank Limited
Established in 1862. Name changed to County Bank Limited in November 1934 before merging with the District Bank Limited in 1935.
Category: English & Welsh Joint Stock Banks
Family: National Westminster Bank
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JD0MDX - AN ELEGANT limestone building in Liverpool city centre has reopened its doors this week after a ?2m makeover.
Built in 1926, Yorkshire House ? originally the headquarters of the Yorkshire Building Society ? had been unoccupied for some years until it was acquired in spring 2006 by a development partnership comprising Arrowcroft, Faircroft and Ethel Austin Properties.
Keen to give the landmark building in Chapel Street a new lease of life, the partnership totally refurbished the property and has now created 25,000sq ft of quality office space.
The work ? started in mid June 2006 ? has included an extensive and sensitive renovation to the interior to create contemporary office accommodation throughout and the premises have been complemented by a new penthouse suite that offers superb views over the city and Liverpool's famous waterfront.
Spanning seven floors, Yorkshire House provides high specification office suites with floor areas available from 1,585sq ft to 3,332sq ft.
Other features include new sub basement parking for 14 cars
new passenger lifts from the sub basement parking to the seventh floor, comfort cooling throughout and fully automated WC suites. The premises are also fully DA compliant.
Chris Connor, director of the property's sole letting agents Mason Owen said: This is a fabulous building in a superb location ? right in the heart of Liverpool's commercial district.
For further details call Mason Owen on 0151 242 3000
An impressive building on Liverpool's Dale Street is for sale freehold with offers invited over ?5m.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2J880DK - WAREHOUSE, PICCADILLY, MANCHESTER - This building has been erected for Messrs Joshua Hoyle and Sons, Ltd, cotton spinners and manufacturers. Including the basement it is seven stories high. The portion of the ground?floor facing Piccadilly is for shops and a cafe. The warehouse entrance is at the corner, and the loading ways in the side street. The old building formerly on the site was of a height allowing the new lofty one to be erected without infringing any right of light. Internally there are three lifts. An installation of pneumatic letter and parcel tubes between the several departments is expected to save much labour. The heating and ventilation are in combination by means of washed air being driven by electric fans from an air chamber in the basement to the several floors and departments. The erection was at first attended with much difficulty, owing to a canal running across the site, the navigation of which was not interfered with. The main structure is of steel. This system enabled the architects to have the building erected at great speed. As soon as the stanchions and main beams of a floor were in position the Fram fireproof floor arching followed on, thus all waiting for the wall erections was avoided. The first stanchion in the basement was fixed in March, and in October the counters, lifts, electric wiring, etc., were being put in position. We refer to this, as in a building of this class speed, coupled with sound construction, is of great financial value to the proprietors. The exterior is in Burmantofts half?glaze green terra-cotta to the first?floor level, and upwards in half-glaze buff terra-cotta and deep red bricks. The roof is covered with green slates and green terra-cotta ridge tiles. The architects are Messrs Charles Heathcote and Sons, of Manchester, and Savoy?court, London, and the builders are Messrs Robert Neill and Sons, Manchester. [11 November 1904 page 685]
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2J880DP - WAREHOUSE, PICCADILLY, MANCHESTER - This building has been erected for Messrs Joshua Hoyle and Sons, Ltd, cotton spinners and manufacturers. Including the basement it is seven stories high. The portion of the ground?floor facing Piccadilly is for shops and a cafe. The warehouse entrance is at the corner, and the loading ways in the side street. The old building formerly on the site was of a height allowing the new lofty one to be erected without infringing any right of light. Internally there are three lifts. An installation of pneumatic letter and parcel tubes between the several departments is expected to save much labour. The heating and ventilation are in combination by means of washed air being driven by electric fans from an air chamber in the basement to the several floors and departments. The erection was at first attended with much difficulty, owing to a canal running across the site, the navigation of which was not interfered with. The main structure is of steel. This system enabled the architects to have the building erected at great speed. As soon as the stanchions and main beams of a floor were in position the Fram fireproof floor arching followed on, thus all waiting for the wall erections was avoided. The first stanchion in the basement was fixed in March, and in October the counters, lifts, electric wiring, etc., were being put in position. We refer to this, as in a building of this class speed, coupled with sound construction, is of great financial value to the proprietors. The exterior is in Burmantofts half?glaze green terra-cotta to the first?floor level, and upwards in half-glaze buff terra-cotta and deep red bricks. The roof is covered with green slates and green terra-cotta ridge tiles. The architects are Messrs Charles Heathcote and Sons, of Manchester, and Savoy?court, London, and the builders are Messrs Robert Neill and Sons, Manchester. [11 November 1904 page 685]
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2J880DW - WAREHOUSE, PICCADILLY, MANCHESTER - This building has been erected for Messrs Joshua Hoyle and Sons, Ltd, cotton spinners and manufacturers. Including the basement it is seven stories high. The portion of the ground?floor facing Piccadilly is for shops and a cafe. The warehouse entrance is at the corner, and the loading ways in the side street. The old building formerly on the site was of a height allowing the new lofty one to be erected without infringing any right of light. Internally there are three lifts. An installation of pneumatic letter and parcel tubes between the several departments is expected to save much labour. The heating and ventilation are in combination by means of washed air being driven by electric fans from an air chamber in the basement to the several floors and departments. The erection was at first attended with much difficulty, owing to a canal running across the site, the navigation of which was not interfered with. The main structure is of steel. This system enabled the architects to have the building erected at great speed. As soon as the stanchions and main beams of a floor were in position the Fram fireproof floor arching followed on, thus all waiting for the wall erections was avoided. The first stanchion in the basement was fixed in March, and in October the counters, lifts, electric wiring, etc., were being put in position. We refer to this, as in a building of this class speed, coupled with sound construction, is of great financial value to the proprietors. The exterior is in Burmantofts half?glaze green terra-cotta to the first?floor level, and upwards in half-glaze buff terra-cotta and deep red bricks. The roof is covered with green slates and green terra-cotta ridge tiles. The architects are Messrs Charles Heathcote and Sons, of Manchester, and Savoy?court, London, and the builders are Messrs Robert Neill and Sons, Manchester. [11 November 1904 page 685]
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2MN7P7E - Sitting on an island of land between Chepstow Street and Bridgewater Street this tile clad Victorian pub certainly stands out from its surroundings. The building dates back to the early 19th Century but the cladding was added in 1900. The name is said to commemorate a horse-drawn stagecoach that ran between Manchester and London. Ironically though, the pub, by the same name in Derbyshire, claims that its name came from a book of the same name by Sir. Walter Scott that references Peveril Castle near Castleton in Derbyshire.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2CB00C4 -
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2CB00C6 -
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2ABJGGT -
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2MG3YAJ -
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M84KK8 -
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K3XNA4 - Shops and offices in sandstone and some grey granite, and with slate roofs. The building has an irregular plan on a corner site, and has five storeys on the front, three on the side, and attics. The main front has three wide bays and a curved corner. The central round-headed doorway is in a round-headed arch, above is a feature with a balustraded parapet and ball finials, and at the top is a shaped gable flanked by octagonal turrets. The windows in the first and second floors are sashes, and in the upper floors they are mullioned and transomed. The curved corner rises to become a cylindrical turret that has a domed roof with a cupola and a finial
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AFK6NM - Radio City Music Hall is an entertainment venue at 1260 Avenue of the Americas, within Rockefeller Center, in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Nicknamed the Showplace of the Nation, it is the headquarters for the Rockettes, the precision dance company.
Radio City Music Hall was built on a plot of land that was originally intended for a Metropolitan Opera House. The opera house plans were canceled in 1929, leading to the construction of Rockefeller Center.
Radio City Music Hall was designed by Edward Durell Stone and Donald Deskey in the Art Deco style. One of the more notable parts of the Music Hall is its large auditorium, which was the world's largest when the Hall first opened. The new complex included two theaters, the International Music Hall and the Center Theatre, as part of the Radio City portion of Rockefeller Center. The 5,960-seat Music Hall was the larger of the two venues. It was largely successful until the 1970s, when declining patronage nearly drove the Music Hall to bankruptcy. Radio City Music Hall was designated a New York City Landmark in May 1978, and the Music Hall was restored and allowed to remain open. The hall was extensively renovated in 1999.
The Music Hall also contains a variety of art. Although Radio City Music Hall was initially intended to host stage shows, it hosted performances in a film-and-stage-spectacle format through the 1970s, and was the site of several movie premieres. It now primarily hosts concerts, including by leading pop and rock musicians, and live stage shows such as the Radio City Christmas Spectacular. The Music Hall has also hosted televised events including the Grammy Awards, the Tony Awards, the Daytime Emmy Awards, the MTV Video Music Awards, and the NFL Draft.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AFK6NP - Radio City Music Hall is an entertainment venue at 1260 Avenue of the Americas, within Rockefeller Center, in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Nicknamed the Showplace of the Nation, it is the headquarters for the Rockettes, the precision dance company.
Radio City Music Hall was built on a plot of land that was originally intended for a Metropolitan Opera House. The opera house plans were canceled in 1929, leading to the construction of Rockefeller Center.
Radio City Music Hall was designed by Edward Durell Stone and Donald Deskey in the Art Deco style. One of the more notable parts of the Music Hall is its large auditorium, which was the world's largest when the Hall first opened. The new complex included two theaters, the International Music Hall and the Center Theatre, as part of the Radio City portion of Rockefeller Center. The 5,960-seat Music Hall was the larger of the two venues. It was largely successful until the 1970s, when declining patronage nearly drove the Music Hall to bankruptcy. Radio City Music Hall was designated a New York City Landmark in May 1978, and the Music Hall was restored and allowed to remain open. The hall was extensively renovated in 1999.
The Music Hall also contains a variety of art. Although Radio City Music Hall was initially intended to host stage shows, it hosted performances in a film-and-stage-spectacle format through the 1970s, and was the site of several movie premieres. It now primarily hosts concerts, including by leading pop and rock musicians, and live stage shows such as the Radio City Christmas Spectacular. The Music Hall has also hosted televised events including the Grammy Awards, the Tony Awards, the Daytime Emmy Awards, the MTV Video Music Awards, and the NFL Draft.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AFK6NY - Radio City Music Hall is an entertainment venue at 1260 Avenue of the Americas, within Rockefeller Center, in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Nicknamed the Showplace of the Nation, it is the headquarters for the Rockettes, the precision dance company.
Radio City Music Hall was built on a plot of land that was originally intended for a Metropolitan Opera House. The opera house plans were canceled in 1929, leading to the construction of Rockefeller Center.
Radio City Music Hall was designed by Edward Durell Stone and Donald Deskey in the Art Deco style. One of the more notable parts of the Music Hall is its large auditorium, which was the world's largest when the Hall first opened. The new complex included two theaters, the International Music Hall and the Center Theatre, as part of the Radio City portion of Rockefeller Center. The 5,960-seat Music Hall was the larger of the two venues. It was largely successful until the 1970s, when declining patronage nearly drove the Music Hall to bankruptcy. Radio City Music Hall was designated a New York City Landmark in May 1978, and the Music Hall was restored and allowed to remain open. The hall was extensively renovated in 1999.
The Music Hall also contains a variety of art. Although Radio City Music Hall was initially intended to host stage shows, it hosted performances in a film-and-stage-spectacle format through the 1970s, and was the site of several movie premieres. It now primarily hosts concerts, including by leading pop and rock musicians, and live stage shows such as the Radio City Christmas Spectacular. The Music Hall has also hosted televised events including the Grammy Awards, the Tony Awards, the Daytime Emmy Awards, the MTV Video Music Awards, and the NFL Draft.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P4HWNG - Slightly Moorish in style, the entrance had shops either side and a cafe above. The fa??ade rendered brick
the central entrance has a large rounded window and above that a short tower and cupola. The words PALACE THEATRE emblazon the front on either side of the central tower, above the first floor windows.
Beyond the entrance porch with two doors was a vestibule with central pay-box. The interior was said to be grandly decorated, and included reeded columns and a pair of angels which looked down from the proscenium. The balcony had 200 seats arranged in curved tiers and a refreshment lounge at rear (in addition to cafe below).
It was difficult to make the theatre pay, and it was sold to Shipman and King, who were in turn taken over by Gaumont-British. Revues and pantomimes continued until 1929, but films were gradually introduced for the main part. It was closed in 1938. It soon reopened after improvements to means of escape and during World War II it was very popular as a Barrack Theatre entertaining troops. Theatre use probably finished in the late 1940s.
It was refurbished and the proscenium altered in 1950 to accommodate wide screen films. Disused for several years, the original features from the 1950 refurbishment survived. In 1997 the building was refurbished and opened as a nightclub.
Built?/?Converted 1916
Dates of use 1916 - 1940
Current state Extant
Current use Licensed premises (cinema until 1990s
nightclub since 1997)
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RM252Y - The Opera House in Quay Street, Manchester, England, is a 1,920-seater commercial touring theatre that plays host to touring musicals, ballet, concerts and a Christmas pantomime. It is a Grade II listed building. The Opera House is one of the main theatres in Manchester, England. The Opera House and its sister theatre the Palace Theatre, Manchester on Oxford Street are operated by the same parent company, Ambassador Theatre Group.
The theatre opened as the New Theatre in 1912, renamed the New Queen's Theatre in 1915 and as the Opera House in 1920 when it came under the wing of John Hart and his associates of United Theatres Ltd. In 1931 it was bought by, and prospered under, Howard & Wyndham Ltd which had been formed at the Theatre Royal, Glasgow in 1895 by Michael Simons. The group`s managing director A Stewart Cruikshank, headquartered at the group's headquarters in the King's Theatre, Edinburgh was joined on the board by Charles B Cochrane who now became a visiting producer at the Opera House, premiering numerous musicals and revues. The theatre staged the full range of plays, musicals, opera, and pantomime.
It closed in 1979 and for five years was a bingo hall. The Palace Trust acquired it in 1984 and returned it to a theatre. In 1990 it was acquired by Apollo Leisure and staged large-scale musicals.
The theatre has a rectangular plan and is built of stuccoed brick with a slate roof. Its symmetrical fifteen-bay facade is in the Classical style with a five-bay centre with fluted Ionic columns. Above the three central bays is a relief of a horse-drawn chariot within a semi-circular arch. The gable has a moulded cornice on brackets. The entrance canopy is a 20th-century addition.
The auditorium has two curved cantilevered balconies with large overhangs each holding 500 seats. Either side of the stage are stacked boxes between pairs of fluted Corinthian columns. The high proscenium arch is decorated with a circular medallion flanked by gryphons.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RM2534 - The Opera House in Quay Street, Manchester, England, is a 1,920-seater commercial touring theatre that plays host to touring musicals, ballet, concerts and a Christmas pantomime. It is a Grade II listed building. The Opera House is one of the main theatres in Manchester, England. The Opera House and its sister theatre the Palace Theatre, Manchester on Oxford Street are operated by the same parent company, Ambassador Theatre Group.
The theatre opened as the New Theatre in 1912, renamed the New Queen's Theatre in 1915 and as the Opera House in 1920 when it came under the wing of John Hart and his associates of United Theatres Ltd. In 1931 it was bought by, and prospered under, Howard & Wyndham Ltd which had been formed at the Theatre Royal, Glasgow in 1895 by Michael Simons. The group`s managing director A Stewart Cruikshank, headquartered at the group's headquarters in the King's Theatre, Edinburgh was joined on the board by Charles B Cochrane who now became a visiting producer at the Opera House, premiering numerous musicals and revues. The theatre staged the full range of plays, musicals, opera, and pantomime.
It closed in 1979 and for five years was a bingo hall. The Palace Trust acquired it in 1984 and returned it to a theatre. In 1990 it was acquired by Apollo Leisure and staged large-scale musicals.
The theatre has a rectangular plan and is built of stuccoed brick with a slate roof. Its symmetrical fifteen-bay facade is in the Classical style with a five-bay centre with fluted Ionic columns. Above the three central bays is a relief of a horse-drawn chariot within a semi-circular arch. The gable has a moulded cornice on brackets. The entrance canopy is a 20th-century addition.
The auditorium has two curved cantilevered balconies with large overhangs each holding 500 seats. Either side of the stage are stacked boxes between pairs of fluted Corinthian columns. The high proscenium arch is decorated with a circular medallion flanked by gryphons.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HDF0BA - Murals in Northern Ireland have become symbols of Northern Ireland, depicting the region's past and present political and religious divisions.
Belfast and Derry contain arguably the most famous political murals in Europe. It is believed that almost 2,000 murals have been documented since the 1970s. In 2014, the book, The Belfast Mural Guide estimated that, in Belfast, there were approximately 300 quality murals on display, with many more in varying degrees of age and decay. Murals commemorate, communicate and display aspects of culture and history. The themes of murals often reflect what is important to a particular community. A mural therefore exists to express an idea or message and could generally be seen as reflecting values held dear to that community.
In Irish republican areas the themes of murals can range from the 1981 Irish hunger strike, with particular emphasis on strike leader Bobby Sands
murals of international solidarity with revolutionary groups are equally common, as are those which highlight a particular issue, for example the Ballymurphy Massacre or the McGurk's Bar bombing. In working class unionist communities, murals are used to promote Ulster loyalist paramilitary groups such as the Ulster Defence Association and Ulster Volunteer Force and commemorate their deceased members. However traditional themes such as William III of England and the Battle of the Boyne, the Battle of the Somme and the 36th Ulster Division are equally common
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HDF0BB - Murals in Northern Ireland have become symbols of Northern Ireland, depicting the region's past and present political and religious divisions.
Belfast and Derry contain arguably the most famous political murals in Europe. It is believed that almost 2,000 murals have been documented since the 1970s. In 2014, the book, The Belfast Mural Guide estimated that, in Belfast, there were approximately 300 quality murals on display, with many more in varying degrees of age and decay. Murals commemorate, communicate and display aspects of culture and history. The themes of murals often reflect what is important to a particular community. A mural therefore exists to express an idea or message and could generally be seen as reflecting values held dear to that community.
In Irish republican areas the themes of murals can range from the 1981 Irish hunger strike, with particular emphasis on strike leader Bobby Sands
murals of international solidarity with revolutionary groups are equally common, as are those which highlight a particular issue, for example the Ballymurphy Massacre or the McGurk's Bar bombing. In working class unionist communities, murals are used to promote Ulster loyalist paramilitary groups such as the Ulster Defence Association and Ulster Volunteer Force and commemorate their deceased members. However traditional themes such as William III of England and the Battle of the Boyne, the Battle of the Somme and the 36th Ulster Division are equally common
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,football museum,city,centre,England,UK,National Football Museum Manchester,Urbis building,modern architecture,glass facade,urban landmark,football heritage,British football culture,museum exterior,city centre architecture,tourism Manchester,sporting culture UK,public building,exhibition venue,civic regeneration,sports history,visitor attraction,editorial,photography,documentary image,Urbis,architecture,Victoria,Printworks,Manchester architecture,glass building,civic architecture,city centre landmark,daytime,summer
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R5PPAH - This image shows the exterior of the National Football Museum in Manchester city centre. The museum is housed in the Urbis building, a distinctive modern structure originally developed as part of Manchester's post-millennium regeneration and later repurposed to become a national centre for football heritage.
The National Football Museum is the UK's leading institution dedicated to the history, culture, and social impact of football. Its collections include historic trophies, memorabilia, interactive displays, and exhibitions exploring the game's development from grassroots to international competition.
Located close to Manchester Cathedral and the city's main retail and transport areas, the museum forms part of a wider cultural quarter and reflects Manchester's strong association with football at both professional and community levels. The building itself has become a recognisable landmark within the city's modern skyline.
Photographed in daylight, the image is well suited for editorial use covering British sport, football culture, museums and heritage, urban regeneration, and Manchester as a cultural and sporting destination.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R5PPAN - This image shows the exterior of the National Football Museum in Manchester city centre. The museum is housed in the Urbis building, a distinctive modern structure originally developed as part of Manchester's post-millennium regeneration and later repurposed to become a national centre for football heritage.
The National Football Museum is the UK's leading institution dedicated to the history, culture, and social impact of football. Its collections include historic trophies, memorabilia, interactive displays, and exhibitions exploring the game's development from grassroots to international competition.
Located close to Manchester Cathedral and the city's main retail and transport areas, the museum forms part of a wider cultural quarter and reflects Manchester's strong association with football at both professional and community levels. The building itself has become a recognisable landmark within the city's modern skyline.
Photographed in daylight, the image is well suited for editorial use covering British sport, football culture, museums and heritage, urban regeneration, and Manchester as a cultural and sporting destination.
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Keywords: City,Centre,Strathclyde,Scotland,UK,Sq,Sq.,40-48,Buchanan,Street,G1,3JX,G13JX,retail,frontage,to,Queen,Street,retailing,shops,inside,interior,glass,work,glasswork,facade,old,building,architecture,buildings,buzzys,restaurant,gotonysmith,wide,angle,wideshot,space,Buzzys,banners
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DG38W1 - Princes Square is a shopping centre on Buchanan Street in central Glasgow, Scotland. It was developed in 1986 to a design by Edinburgh architects, the Hugh Martin Partnership. The new five-storey, 10,450-square-metre (112,500 sq ft) retail centre occupies a pre-existing cobbled square dating from 1841, which was reconfigured by enclosing the entire space below a new clear glass domed and vaulted roof. An expansion was completed in summer 1999, extending the centre into Springfield Court and providing a further 1,860 square metres (20,000 sq ft) of retail area and a new retail frontage to Queen Street.
The original cellars of the existing buildings were excavated to provide additional space. Inside the square, new galleries and stairs give access to the upper storeys. The original sandstone facades were preserved around the modern interior. The centre is adorned with decorative glass, tiling, lighting, timber and metalwork, designed by artists and craftsmen.
The writer Bill Bryson referred to Princes Square as one of the most intelligent pieces of urban renewal.
The Hugh Martin Partnership earned several design awards for Princes Square, including the RIBA Scottish Regional Award for Architecture (1988), the Edinburgh Architectural Association Centenary Medal (1989), and a Civic Trust Award (1989). The original fabric has been protected as a category B listed building since 1970.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DG38XY - Princes Square is a shopping centre on Buchanan Street in central Glasgow, Scotland. It was developed in 1986 to a design by Edinburgh architects, the Hugh Martin Partnership. The new five-storey, 10,450-square-metre (112,500 sq ft) retail centre occupies a pre-existing cobbled square dating from 1841, which was reconfigured by enclosing the entire space below a new clear glass domed and vaulted roof. An expansion was completed in summer 1999, extending the centre into Springfield Court and providing a further 1,860 square metres (20,000 sq ft) of retail area and a new retail frontage to Queen Street.
The original cellars of the existing buildings were excavated to provide additional space. Inside the square, new galleries and stairs give access to the upper storeys. The original sandstone facades were preserved around the modern interior. The centre is adorned with decorative glass, tiling, lighting, timber and metalwork, designed by artists and craftsmen.
The writer Bill Bryson referred to Princes Square as one of the most intelligent pieces of urban renewal.
The Hugh Martin Partnership earned several design awards for Princes Square, including the RIBA Scottish Regional Award for Architecture (1988), the Edinburgh Architectural Association Centenary Medal (1989), and a Civic Trust Award (1989). The original fabric has been protected as a category B listed building since 1970.
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Keywords: designed,by,internationally,renowned,architect,Charles,Rennie,Mackintosh,Glasgows,tearooms,cafe,Margaret,MacDonald,UK,front,exterior,smiles,better,smilesbetter,Argyle,Street,st,The,Room,Deluxe,facade,external,Scottish,tourism,tourist,destinations,independence,identity,art,style,Henderson,the,gotonysmith,Buchanan,Street,Miss,Cranston,Mackintoshs,redesigned,external,facade,was,a,carefully,considered,asymmetric,abstractly,modelled,composition,with,shallow,curves,on,some,areas,of,the,surface,and,varying,depths,of,recesses,to,windows,and,the,main,entrance.,The,composition,respected,the,urban,context,of,the,neighbouring,buildings,matching the major cornice lines and heights of adjoining buildings,whilst,still,exploring,emerging,ideas,of,Art,Nouveau,and,the,modern,movement.,The,ground,floor,entrance,door,is,placed,far,to,the,left,of,a,wide,band,of,fenestration,both of which are recessed below the first-floor level,the,location,of,the,Room,de,Luxe.,To,emphasise,the,importance,of,this,room,Mackintosh designed a full width bay window,projecting the facade outwards with a gentle curve. jewelers,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DG39NX - Early in his career, in 1896, Mackintosh met Catherine Cranston (widely known as Kate Cranston or simply Miss Cranston), an entrepreneurial local business woman who was the daughter of a Glasgow tea merchant and a strong believer in temperance.
The temperance movement was becoming increasingly popular in Glasgow at the turn of the century and Miss Cranston had conceived the idea of a series of art tearooms, venues where people could meet to relax and enjoy non-alcoholic refreshments in a variety of different rooms within the same building. This proved to be the start of a long working relationship between Miss Cranston and Mackintosh. Between 1896 and 1917 he designed and re-styled interiors in all four of her Glasgow tearooms, often in collaboration with his wife Margaret MacDonald.
Mackintosh's redesigned external facade was a carefully considered asymmetric, abstractly modelled composition with shallow curves on some areas of the surface, and varying depths of recesses to windows and the main entrance. The composition respected the urban context of the neighbouring buildings, matching the major cornice lines and heights of adjoining buildings, whilst still exploring emerging ideas of Art Nouveau and the modern movement.
The ground floor entrance door is placed far to the left of a wide band of fenestration, both of which are recessed below the first-floor level, the location of the Room de Luxe. To emphasise the importance of this room, Mackintosh designed a full width bay window, projecting the facade outwards with a gentle curve. The two storeys above this featured a more regular pattern of fenestration with three individual windows per floor, recessed to different degrees. The asymmetry of the composition was continued by widening the left side windows and creating another gentle curve in this part of the facade, extending through both storeys. This repeated the curved form of the first floor and emphasised the heavily recessed entrance to the building
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DG3APN - Princes Square is a shopping centre on Buchanan Street in central Glasgow, Scotland. It was developed in 1986 to a design by Edinburgh architects, the Hugh Martin Partnership. The new five-storey, 10,450-square-metre (112,500 sq ft) retail centre occupies a pre-existing cobbled square dating from 1841, which was reconfigured by enclosing the entire space below a new clear glass domed and vaulted roof. An expansion was completed in summer 1999, extending the centre into Springfield Court and providing a further 1,860 square metres (20,000 sq ft) of retail area and a new retail frontage to Queen Street.
The original cellars of the existing buildings were excavated to provide additional space. Inside the square, new galleries and stairs give access to the upper storeys. The original sandstone facades were preserved around the modern interior. The centre is adorned with decorative glass, tiling, lighting, timber and metalwork, designed by artists and craftsmen.
The writer Bill Bryson referred to Princes Square as one of the most intelligent pieces of urban renewal.
The Hugh Martin Partnership earned several design awards for Princes Square, including the RIBA Scottish Regional Award for Architecture (1988), the Edinburgh Architectural Association Centenary Medal (1989), and a Civic Trust Award (1989). The original fabric has been protected as a category B listed building since 1970.
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Keywords: South,bank,southwark,glass,building,tower,towering,architecture,finance,financial,accountancy,accountant,HQ,headquarters,headquarter,firm,firms,crash,city,of,assurance,tax,advice,advisory,big,business,Arthur,Whinney,reflection,reflections,cloud,clouds,more,place,ten,story,foster,gotonysmith,practice,office,practices,fingers,glass,balustrades,partners,Designed,as,a,new,headquarters,for,Ernst,&,Young,the,ten-storey,1,More,London,Place,provides,the,company,with,35,000 square metres of high-quality,flexible,office,space,on,the,south,bank,of,the,River,Thames,between,London,and,Tower,Bridges.,A,full-height,atrium,links,the,building's,two,""?fingers',of,office,space,creating,a,dramatic,entrance,space,which,is,crisscrossed,with,three,bridges,per,floor,with,glass,balustrades.,The,central,concrete,core,and,four,peripheral,steel,cores,are,clad,with,extruded,aluminium,panels.,The,24m-wide,column-free,floor,plates,benefit,from,generous,amounts,of,daylight,through,the,atrium,glazed,facades,energy,usage,Bermondsey,LDSA,Built,in,Quality,Awards,Winner,Large,Commercial,category,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DCE77H - Designed as a new headquarters for Ernst & Young, the ten-storey 1 More London Place provides the company with 35,000 square metres of high-quality, flexible office space on the south bank of the River Thames between London and Tower Bridges. A full-height atrium links the building's two ?fingers' of office space, creating a dramatic entrance space which is crisscrossed with three bridges per floor, with glass balustrades. The central concrete core and four peripheral steel cores are clad with extruded aluminium panels. The 24m-wide column-free floor plates benefit from generous amounts of daylight through the atrium and fully glazed facades, helping to minimise the building's energy usage.
Ernst & Young (trading as EY) is a multinational professional services firm headquartered in London. It was the third largest professional services firm in the world by aggregated revenue in 2012 and is one of the Big Four accounting firms.
The organization operates as a network of member firms which are separate legal entities in individual countries. It has 167,000 employees and more than 700 offices in more than 140 countries. It provides assurance (including financial audit), tax, consulting and advisory services to companies.
The firm's history dates back to 1849 with the founding of Harding & Pullein in England. The current firm was formed by a merger of American firms Ernst & Whinney (a successor firm of Harding & Pullein) and Arthur Young & Co. in 1989.[9] It was known as Ernst & Young until 2013, when it underwent a rebranding. The acronym EY was already an informal name for the firm prior to its official adoption
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Keywords: noma,is,here,Miller Street,England,UK,glass,coop,Cooperative Society,city,centre,city centre,Manchester city,gotonysmith,BREEAM,Outstanding,rating,sustainable large building,Europe,powered by,biodiesel,cogeneration,plant,rapeseed oil,provide electricity,and,heat,Structure,natural resources,maximising passive solar gain,heat,natural ventilation,double-skin facade,adiabatic cooling,rainwater harvesting,greywater recycling,waste heat recycling,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DE9B2X - One Angel Square[1] is an office building in Manchester, England. Construction work began in 2010 and was completed in February 2013. The landmark building is the head office of the Co-operative Group. Standing 72.5 metres (237.8 feet) tall, the building forms the centrepiece of the new ?800 million NOMA development in the northern quarter of Manchester city centre. The building cost at least ?105 million to construct and was sold on leaseback terms in 2013 for ?142 million.
One Angel Square is one of the most sustainable large buildings in Europe and is built to a BREEAM 'Outstanding' rating.[12] It is powered by a biodiesel cogeneration plant using rapeseed oil to provide electricity and heat.[10] The structure makes use of natural resources, maximising passive solar gain for heat and using natural ventilation through its double-skin facade, adiabatic cooling, rainwater harvesting, greywater recycling and waste heat recycling.
The building's distinctive form has been compared to a sliced egg and a ship. Its design was announced by architects 3DReid in May 2009 and construction began in July 2010 with a projected completion date in March 2013. In December 2012, the scheme surpassed its pan-European sustainability aims and achieved a world-record BREEAM score of 95.32%. It is also an energy-plus building, producing surplus energy and zero carbon emissions. The building has received numerous awards for its striking aesthetic and sustainability aims.
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Keywords: Ornate,wood,wooden,gold,pulpit,crucifix,history,historic,in,the,inside,interior,marble,Berlin Cathedral,Berliner Dom,built,building,in,1905,by,King Frederick,William IV,protestant,architecture,baroque,basilica,berlin,berliner,capital,cathedral,church,city,cross,dom,dome,europe,european,GoTonySmith,evangelical,facade,german,germany,gold,interior,island,lutheran,mitte,museum,ornate,pulpit,religion,religious,spree,tourism,travel,Colln,C??lln,western,marbled,Luther,Luthur,Evangelical,Church,Supreme,Parish,Collegiate,Deutsche,Deutschland,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F0G7EN - Berlin Cathedral (German: Berliner Dom) is the short name for the Evangelical (i.e. Protestant) Supreme Parish and Collegiate Church (German: Oberpfarr- und Domkirche) in Berlin, Germany. It is located on Museum Island in the Mitte borough. The current building was finished in 1905 and is a main work of Historicist architecture of the Kaiserzeit.
The Dom is the parish church of the congregation Gemeinde der Oberpfarr- und Domkirche zu Berlin, a member of the umbrella organisation Evangelical Church of Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia. The Berlin Cathedral has never been a cathedral in the actual sense of that term since it has never been the seat of a bishop. The bishop of the Evangelical Church in Berlin-Brandenburg (under this name 1945?2003) is based at St. Mary's Church and Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church in Berlin.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEEGB2 - Opened by Felix O'Hanlon as The Railway Tavern, the pub was then bought by Michael Fanigan. Fanigan's son Patrick renamed and renovated the pub in 1885.
The Crown owes its elaborate tiling, stained glass and woodwork to the Italian craftsmen whom Fanigan persuaded to work on the pub after hours. These craftsmen were brought to Ireland to work on the many new churches being built in Belfast at the time. It was this high standard of work that gave the Crown the reputation of being one of the finest Victorian Gin Palaces of its time.
In 1978, the National Trust, following persuasion by people including Sir John Betjeman, purchased the property and three years later completed a ?400,000 renovation to restore the bar to its original Victorian state. Further restoration by the National Trust was done in 2007 at a cost of ?500,000. This work is the subject of a BBC Northern Ireland documentary, The Crown Jewel, screened in 2008.
A recognisable landmark of Belfast, the pub has featured as a location in numerous film and television productions, such as David Caffrey's Divorcing Jack (1998) and Carol Reed's classic 1947 film Odd Man Out.
The Crown has been given a Grade A Listed Building status by the Environment and Heritage Service.
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Keywords: The CIS Tower building,headquarters,of,the,Cooperative,Insurance,Society,Manchester,England,UK,coop,co-op,Insure,insured,group,solar,panels,sustainable,facade,in,photovoltaic,panels,PV,green,office,block,gotonysmith,prestige,headquarters,showcase,Co-operative,movement,1962,steel,frame,podium,block,Grade,2,II,listed,building,architecture,Gordon,Tait,of,Burnett,Tait,&,Partners,discipline,and,consistency,towers,design,influenced,by,Skidmore,Owings,&,Merrills,Inland,Steel,Building,Chicago,architects,1958,Interiors,were,designed,by,Misha,Black,of,the,Design,Research,Unit,Solarcentury,permanent,green,energy,solution,Renovation,Within,six,months,of,construction,some,of,the,mosaic,tiles,on,the,service,tower,became,detached,owing,to,cement,failure,and,lack,of,expansion,joints,in,the,concrete.,Although,the,tower,was,granted,listed,building,status,in,1995,falling,tiles,were,an,ongoing,problem.,English,Heritage,had,to,be,consulted,alterations,could,change,the,buildings,appearance.,In,2004,CIS,consulted,Solarcentury,575.5kW,photovoltaic cells towerblock concrete,gotonysmith,Mancester,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CEY8WK - The CIS Tower is an office skyscraper on Miller Street in Manchester, England. It was completed in 1962 and rises to 387 feet (118 m) in height.
The Grade II listed building, which houses the Co-operative Banking Group, is Manchester's second-tallest building and the tallest office building outside London. The tower remained as built for over 40 years until maintenance issues on the service tower required an extensive renovation which included covering its facade in photovoltaic panels.
The tower's design was influenced by Skidmore Owings & Merrill's Inland Steel Building in Chicago after a visit by the architects in 1958. Interiors were designed by Misha Black of the Design Research Unit.
Renovation
Within six months of construction some of the mosaic tiles on the service tower became detached owing to cement failure and lack of expansion joints in the concrete. Although the tower was granted listed building status in 1995, falling tiles were an ongoing problem. English Heritage had to be consulted as alterations could change the building's appearance.
In 2004 CIS consulted Solarcentury with a view to replacing the deteriorating mosaic with 575.5kW of blue building-integrated photovoltaic (PV) cells which would provide a permanent green energy solution, generating approximately 180,000 kWh of electricity per year. The work was completed by Arup and at that time was the largest commercial solar fa??ade in Europe.
The PV cells made by Sharp Electronics began feeding electricity to the National Grid in November 2005. The project, which cost ?5.5 million, was partly funded by the Northwest Regional Development Agency which granted ?885,000 and the Energy Savings Trust at the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) contributed ?175,000.
The solar power project was chosen by the DTI as one of the 10 best green energy projects of 2005. Out of sight on the roof are 24 wind turbines generating 10% of the tower's electricity
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DCYGA2 - A dramatic dusk view of Chester Town Hall in the historic city centre of Chester, Cheshire, photographed during blue hour under a richly textured deep blue sky. The ornate Gothic Revival facade of the town hall is fully illuminated, revealing intricate stone detailing, arched windows and the prominent clock tower that dominates the surrounding streetscape. Warm street lighting contrasts with the cool tones of the evening sky, creating a strong sense of atmosphere and architectural presence.
Chester Town Hall stands at the heart of one of England's most historic cities, originally founded as the Roman fortress of Deva Victrix. The building reflects Chester's long civic tradition and its role as an administrative and cultural centre for the surrounding region of North West England. Nearby streets and historic buildings frame the scene, reinforcing the layered urban history that blends Roman, medieval and Victorian influences within a compact city centre.
The relative calm of the streets at dusk allows the building to take visual prominence, while the glowing lamps and illuminated windows suggest civic continuity and public life beyond office hours. The blue hour lighting emphasises both scale and detail, making the structure instantly recognisable as a symbol of local identity and heritage.
This image is well suited for editorial use covering British architecture, local government, heritage cities, travel and tourism in England, and historic urban environments, as well as commercial applications requiring atmospheric evening imagery of a well-known UK civic landmark.
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Keywords: England,UK,Great,Britain,British,building,buildings,around,glass,steel,tall,sky,dramatic,trees,foster,partnership,design,designed,built,2013,English,spaceage,space-age,river,Thames,view,views,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,gotonysmith Designed as a new headquarters for Ernst & Young,the,ten-storey,1,More,London,Place,provides,the,company,with,35,000 square metres of high-quality,flexible,office,space,on,the,south,bank,of,the,River,Thames,between,London,and,Tower,Bridges.,A,full-height,atrium,links,the,building's,two,""?fingers',of,office,space,creating,a,dramatic,entrance,space,which,is,crisscrossed,with,three,bridges,per,floor,with,glass,balustrades.,The,central,concrete,core,and,four,peripheral,steel,cores,are,clad,with,extruded,aluminium,panels.,The,24m-wide,column-free,floor,plates,benefit,from,generous,amounts,of,daylight,through,the,atrium,and,fully,glazed,facades,helping to minimise the building's energy usage.
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DCE7HP - Designed as a new headquarters for Ernst & Young, the ten-storey 1 More London Place provides the company with 35,000 square metres of high-quality, flexible office space on the south bank of the River Thames between London and Tower Bridges. A full-height atrium links the building's two ?fingers' of office space, creating a dramatic entrance space which is crisscrossed with three bridges per floor, with glass balustrades.
The central concrete core and four peripheral steel cores are clad with extruded aluminium panels. The 24m-wide column-free floor plates benefit from generous amounts of daylight through the atrium and fully glazed facades, helping to minimise the building's energy usage.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDXW9T - A wide view of the Old College buildings at the University of Edinburgh, photographed within the formal courtyard on South College Street in the heart of Edinburgh's Old Town. The neoclassical sandstone architecture, arranged around a rectangular lawn, is dominated by the central domed structure and symmetrical wings that frame the space. Stone balustrades, paved walkways and a traditional lamppost add depth and perspective, reinforcing the ordered and ceremonial nature of the historic university setting.
Old College is one of the most recognisable academic buildings in Scotland and has been central to the University of Edinburgh's identity since the eighteenth century. The architecture reflects Enlightenment ideals of reason, balance and civic purpose, qualities closely associated with Edinburgh's historical reputation as a centre of learning and intellectual life. The courtyard layout creates a sense of calm and enclosure, separating scholarly activity from the surrounding streets of the Old Town.
The image captures the continuity between past and present within a working university environment. While the buildings are steeped in history, they remain an active part of modern academic life, housing teaching spaces, offices and cultural venues. The absence of crowds allows the architectural form and materials to take visual precedence, emphasising the scale, craftsmanship and permanence of the institution.
This photograph is well suited for editorial use covering higher education, university life, historic architecture, Scottish culture and heritage, as well as commercial applications relating to education marketing, cultural tourism, academic publications and representations of European universities within historic urban settings.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CEMWGM - An evening exterior view of Buxton Opera House, a landmark Victorian theatre located in the centre of Buxton, Derbyshire, photographed at dusk under a deep blue twilight sky. The ornate stone facade of the opera house is warmly illuminated, highlighting its domed roof, classical detailing and grand entrance, while the surrounding town square and adjacent historic buildings frame the scene. The contrast between the glowing interior lights and the darkening sky creates a strong sense of atmosphere associated with the transition from day to night in a historic English spa town.
Designed by renowned theatre architect Frank Matcham and opened in the early twentieth century, Buxton Opera House is one of the finest surviving examples of Edwardian theatre architecture in the United Kingdom. It remains a central part of the town's cultural life, hosting theatre, opera, music and touring productions, and continues Buxton's long association with arts, leisure and tourism linked to its spa heritage and proximity to the Peak District.
The image captures the opera house as both an architectural statement and a living civic space, conveying themes of culture, heritage, and evening urban life in a provincial British town. Street lighting, reflections on paving, and subtle movement around the entrance suggest activity without overwhelming the calm dignity of the building itself. The scene reflects the enduring role of historic theatres as focal points of community and cultural identity outside major cities.
This photograph is well suited for editorial use covering theatre, arts and culture, historic architecture, British towns, travel and tourism in Derbyshire and the East Midlands, as well as commercial applications requiring a recognisable and atmospheric image of a UK cultural landmark at dusk.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CF8BK4 - A moody dusk scene within the historic Old College of the University of Edinburgh, showing the neoclassical stone buildings surrounding the central courtyard at South College Street and South Bridge in Edinburgh's Old Town. The imposing architecture, constructed in pale sandstone and crowned by a domed central structure, is set beneath heavy, textured cloud cover that deepens the sense of atmosphere and academic gravitas. The soft, fading light accentuates the worn surfaces, arches and balustrades, revealing centuries of use and civic presence.
In the foreground, a solitary figure stands within the courtyard, adding scale and a quiet human narrative to the monumental surroundings. Ornate iron street lighting and stone steps frame the approach to the buildings, reinforcing the formal layout typical of major eighteenth and nineteenth-century university architecture. The Talbot Rice Gallery, housed within Old College, forms part of this complex, linking contemporary art and culture with one of Scotland's most significant educational institutions.
Old College has long symbolised Edinburgh's role as a centre of learning, philosophy and intellectual life, closely associated with the Scottish Enlightenment and the city's reputation as the Athens of the North. The restrained colour palette, subdued lighting and dramatic sky combine to create an image that feels contemplative and slightly austere, reflecting the seriousness traditionally associated with academia and civic authority.
This image is well suited for editorial use covering higher education, university life, architecture, Scottish history, culture and urban heritage, as well as commercial applications requiring atmospheric imagery of historic institutions, European universities and moody city environments.
