Watson Fothergill's Offices, George Street: window detail

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Watson Fothergill's Offices, George Street: window detail

Image: © John Sutton Taken: 30 Apr 2013

This extravagant confection was built as a showcase of Fothergill's style, to impress clients. The rather eroded datestone ("Built 1895") is to the left of the quatrefoil. The picture gives a clear idea of the building's bright colours, which were much less apparent when I first came to know it in the smoke-blackened days of coal fires and steam trains.

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Image Location

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Latitude
52.954392
Longitude
-1.145419