Window
1819-1821 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Window, cast iron in the Perpendicular style, designed by Thomas Rickman, Birkenhead, 1819-1821
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 10 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Cast iron |
| Brief description | Window, cast iron in the Perpendicular style, designed by Thomas Rickman, Birkenhead, 1819-1821 |
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| Credit line | Given by the Church Commissioners. |
| Object history | This forms part of a window from St Mary's Church, Birkenhead (near Liverpool), built as part of a scheme to establish Birkenhead as a bathing resort. Rickman was a Gothic Revival architect who designed mainly in the Perpendicular style - invented in the 14th century - as this example shows. He was unusual in his use of cast iron in the construction and decoration of churches, which stemmed from his association, from 1812, with John Cragg of the Mersey Iron Foundry. One of Rickman's best known iron churches is St Churches is St George's, Everton, Liverpool, which is still in use. |
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| Accession number | M.47:1-1991 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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