George Street: three spires in a row
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George Street: three spires in a row
Image: © John Sutton Taken: 22 Apr 2010
I was taken with this view of three pointed spires in a line, and their contrast with late 20th-century styles. The first pinnacle is the octagonal French-chateau-style roof of the oriel corner turret of Watson Fothergill's Offices, 15 George Street, the second, clearly outlined against a backdrop of the Victoria Centre tower block, the simple pyramidal cap of the red-brick tower of Parliament Street Methodist Church and the third, three-quarters of a mile away at the crest of Mansfield Road, the High Victorian limestone spire of St Andrew's Church. The Tuscan columns of the porch of the Nottingham (formerly Co-op) Arts Theatre, originally a Baptist chapel, sneak into the right foreground. The rest of the north end of George Street is pretty dull stuff.
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Image Location
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