Town-Hall and library, Devonport ([1850])
M. Jackson (Illustrator)
| Repository | Library | Shelf |
|---|---|---|
| Devon | West Country Studies | 942/LAND |
| Devon | PLY | I/S |
Illustration Reference
SC2152
Location
CD 33 DVD 5
Publication Details
Date
[1850]
Place
Scope and Content
Knight, Charles.The land we live in . London: C. Knight, 1848-50. Vol.IV. p. 140.At the west end of Ker Street, as represented in Cut No. 6, are three or four buildings which deserve a better locality; for though the street is quiet and well inhabited, it is not sufficiently a leading thoroughfare to show off the buildings to advantage. One of these buildings is the Town Hall; it presents a bold and chaste Doric elevation, and looks well when approached from the east. It contains a county meeting-room, 75 feet by 40, a watch-house, a temporary prison, and other offices. Another of this group of buildings is the Library and News Room, whose Egyptian front presents a marked though rather heavy appearance. Almost close to this is a chapel in the Saracenic style; or something between the Saracenic and the Hindoo; and close to this again is the Column, one of the few honorary testimonials which the two towns contain. It is a fluted column of the Doric order, 124 feet in height, erected in 1824, to commemorate the change in the name of the town from Plymouth Dock to Devonport. From tile top of this column there is a charming view of the harbour, Mount Edgcumbe, and the surrounding objects.[Text may be taken from a different source or edition than that listed as the source by Somers Cocks.]
Author
Format
Wood engraving
Dimensions
180x158mm
Series
Knight, Charles. The land we live in ; part 33
Aspects
Exterior
Counties
Subjects
Dates
1850