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Post by angelislington on Aug 11, 2012 10:16:49 GMT
Recently, someone posted on another list I'm on,
Does anyone know of any stations that do?
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Post by slugabed on Aug 11, 2012 12:26:17 GMT
A lot of the Leslie Green stations have stylised Acanthi both in the Ox-blood tiles outside,and,in green,as part of the tiled frieze inside.
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Post by nickf on Aug 11, 2012 13:15:59 GMT
For what it's worth, Acanthus fronds carved at the top of a column indicate that it is of the Corinthian Order, the other two orders being Doric and Ionic.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2012 14:58:07 GMT
A lot of the Leslie Green stations have stylised Acanthi both in the Ox-blood tiles outside,and,in green,as part of the tiled frieze inside. Took the words out of my mouth...I believe Gloucester Rd is a preserved example. The Piccadily line has most examples though some can be found on Bakerloo and Northern lines. |
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Post by angelislington on Aug 16, 2012 2:07:39 GMT
Well well. I thought it would be part of the Met, given that more classical style seemed to be their thing. I had a look at Glouc Rd, but couldn't see any in the excellent photo on Wikipedia - unless that's some around the urns to top left and right? (What a beautiful station it is.) Good suggestion, TQ, I think I'm going to have to go down and look more closely. I have been looking through loads of photos of the original Leslie Green stations, and I really find very little in the way of photos of the booking halls, where the acanthus leaf made its way into a frieze usually at shoulder-height. The two I can find which perfectly illustrate this, frustratingly don't list the station/s concerned: Doug Rose's photo here and Mike Ashworth's here (which actually look like identical tiles to me, but then, tiles are supposed to be!). As an aside, this article says that the interior of Caledonian Rd station has a pomegranate frieze - but they don't look anything like pomegranates to me. I shall continue my search - thanks for the heads-up, slugabed, and nickf, that was useful to know in my searches online.  |
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Post by abe on Aug 19, 2012 11:12:45 GMT
@ai: The photo that you link to is definitely the pomegranate tiling. I'm currently trying to compile a list of which type of tile frieze was used at each of the Leslie Green stations, mostly based on early photos. As you've discovered, this is not easy! Quite a few have kept them, but some have been altered during modernization work. The tack continues...
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Post by keerde on Aug 22, 2012 12:09:34 GMT
Yerkees stations that were or are acanthus tiling:
Baker Street, Brompton Road, Charing Cross, Covent Garden, Dover Street(Green Park), Down Street(closed), Elephant & Castle, Euston, Euston Road(Warren Street), Gillespie Road(Arsenal), Great Central(Marylebone), Highgate(Archway), Holborn, Hyde Park Corner, Kennington Road(Lambeth North), Kentish Town, Knightsbridge, Leicester Square, Mornington Crescent, Oxford Circus, Oxford Street(Tottenham Court Road), Piccadilly Circus, Regent's Park, South Kentish Town(closed), Trafalgar Square(Charing Cross), Tufnell Park.
Stations that were or are pomegranite tiling:
Belsize Park, Caledonian Road, Camden Town, Chalk Farm, Edgware Road, Gloucester Road, Holloway Road, King's Cross, Russell Square, South Kensington, Tottenham Court Road(Goodge Street), York Road.
Stations with plain tiling:
Hampstead, Strand(Aldwych-closed).
Stations with other tiling or shared booking facilities:
Baron's Court, Earl's Court, Embankment, Hammersmith, Waterloo.
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Post by angelislington on Aug 23, 2012 6:49:09 GMT
<boggle> Gosh, keerde, that's awesome! Thank you so much. Welcome to the forum, btw |
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Post by keerde on Aug 23, 2012 11:07:13 GMT
I am aware that Dover Street station in it's original format no longer exists, the surface building having closed in 1933 with the opening of the new booking hall and escalators and renaming of the station to Green Park. The old surface building did remain insitu as shops until the mid 60s when you correctly quote that it was rebuilt for Victoria line purposes.
This is the City and South London Railway area of King's Cross station, the Piccadilly line station was a surface building that existed in front of the mainline station, in the area that WH Smith's now exists. The station closed in 1939, being replaced by escalators and demolished in the early 1960s.
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