Detail View: SHIMMER: Cairns Chambers
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Title:
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Cairns Chambers
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Creation Date:
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1896
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Image Date:
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1997
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Period:
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19th century
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Location:
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Sheffield, South Yorkshire
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Country:
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ENGLAND, UK
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Material:
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stone
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Display Creator:
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HADFIELD, Charles ; TORY, Frank
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Image ID:
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97-1339
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Description:
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Exterior detail: other ornamental decoration including a sun-dial on the exterior of this building. The bust above is of the future King Edward VII. Location: Exterior of building on 20 Church Street, S1 (A-Z p5 3C) Description: There is a considerable amount of decorative stonework, including gargoyles and other heads, on the exterior of the building, presumably carried out by Frank TORY's firm of architectural stonemasons. More prominently is the statue of a legal figure, presumably Judge Cairns, standing, robed, in a niche. Beneath the sculpture by TORY is the inscription: CAIRNS. Commission: The buildings were designed for Henry & Alfred Maxwell, solicitors. The offices were later used by Hadfield and Cawkwell, well-known 19th C architects. Comment: The face of the statue is now somewhat weathered. Hugh McCalmont Cairns (1819-1985), Baron Cairns of Garmoyle was once Lord Chancellor. His connection with Henry and Alfred Maxwell is not known. Sources: 1. 'Civic Art in Sheffield', pub. Sheffield Society for the Encouragement of Art/ Sheffield Museum Society, 1985. 2. R. Harman & J. Minnis, (2004). 'Sheffield'. New Haven & London, Yale University Press.
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Rights:
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© Sheffield Hallam University
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Permissions:
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For educational use only. This image may be used in print or digital materials provided that full acknowledgment is given, expressed as follows: " © < insert details from the 'Rights' field >. Photographed by < insert details from the 'Photographed by' field >."
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Photographed by:
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Dave Ball
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Creator:
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TORY, Frank Snr.
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Creator Dates - Born:
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1881
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Creator Role:
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Sculptor.
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Culture Gender:
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Male.
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Nationality:
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British.
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Creator:
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HADFIELD, Charles
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Creator Dates - Born:
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1840
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Creator Dates - Died:
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1916
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Creator Role:
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Architect.
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Culture Gender:
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Male.
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Nationality:
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British.
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Subject Heading:
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Public art -- England -- Sheffield
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Subject Heading:
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Decoration and ornament, Architectural
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Subject Heading:
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Relief (Sculpture), English
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Subject Heading:
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Stone carving
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Subject Heading:
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Architecture -- England -- Sheffield
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Subject Heading:
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Sun-dials
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Subject Heading:
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Gargoyles
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Subject Heading:
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Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1841-1910
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Subject Heading:
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Architecture -- Details
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