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Great Hall - appropriately named. |
The Great Hall in St George's Hall is the central masterpiece of
the building.
The
hall is 169 feet long including recesses at both ends and 74 feet
wide including balconies.
The long sides of the hall are divided in 5 bays by columns made
of polished porphyry.
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Panoramic
Images
Just click on the link
to see a panoramic views of the hall.
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The
Floor
The Minton floor is made of two sections.
The central sunken section, which is normally covered by a wooden
floor for dancing and the outer rim which looks considerably older,
as it was unprotected.
There are over 30,000 tiles used in the designs.
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| Lea
Motor's exhibition in the 1900s |
The
Organ
The
bellows for the organ were originally powered by the steam engine
in the basement but in 1931 the organ was enlarged to 120 stops
(from 100) and converted to electro-pneumatic action.
The
original organist was Mr WT Best in 1855.
The
Statues
There
are 12 statues around the edge of the hall. They are:
Sir
Robert Peel - founder of the modern Conservative party
William
Roscoe - Liverpool patron of the arts
Sir
William Brown - Liverpool cotton merchant and benefactor of
the Free Public Library
Edward
Stanley - statesman and scholar
William
Ewart Gladstone- four times Prime Minister
Samuel
Robert Graves - merchant and ship owner
Edward
Whitley - solicitor who held public office in Liverpool
Frederick
Stanley - 16th Earl of Derby
Rev.Jonathan
Brooks - Senior Rector and Archdeacon
George
Stephenson - inventor and pioneer of railways and chief engineer
to Liverpool & Manchester railway company
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Hugh McNeile - curate of St Jude鈥檚 and of St Paul鈥檚
Joseph
Mayer - antiquary and collector, principal founder of Liverpool
Museum
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