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View of Blackpool Tower showing the Tower Buildings, 1999

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Colour photograph showing the façade and sidewall (in shadow) of the Tower Buildings within a view of Blackpool Tower. Taken from the North Pier, it shows the buildings, designed by Maxwell & Tuke in 1894, at the base of the tower. The façade is in three major sections: The wider central section is subdivided into seven bays with windows at first floor level below a second floor glass conservatory with a sloping roof. Another glass-fronted level is situated above the conservatory and set back, with a final level with corner towers set back even further before the tower. The slightly advanced outer sections can be subdivided into three bays with a wider central bay containing a semi-circular window feature at second floor level, topped by balustrades, and the outer bays forming advanced corner towers. A shorter, conical tower is visible on the near side of the left hand outer section connecting the façade with the sidewall. A large barrel roof is visible over this same outer section, possibly housing the Tower Ballroom. (The Tower Circus occupies the space between the four giant legs of the tower.) A decorated white canopy extends the width of the buildings.

Image title
View of Blackpool Tower showing the Tower Buildings, 1999
Depicted theatre
Tower Circus
Depiction dateDecember 1999
Creator
Mr Ian Grundy