Liverpool Mosaics

[scouserdave]

Ged's 85 Dale Street post got me thinking about having a thread dedicated to the mosaics found around Liverpool. I don't know about you, but I must have taken loads of shots without realising there was a mosaic in the picture.

Here's a few I took in Castle Street. All created by Frank Murray (http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/speel/place/lpoolth.htm) in 1889.

http://www.liverpoolpictorial.co.uk/mosaic/image001.jpg

http://www.liverpoolpictorial.co.uk/mosaic/image002.jpg

http://www.liverpoolpictorial.co.uk/mosaic/image003.jpg

http://www.liverpoolpictorial.co.uk/mosaic/image004.jpg

[Ged]

Brilliant those Dave. Some great art work there and captured perfectly. Apparently there was a mosaic scene above the head of Queen Victoria at her monument that has been taken down. The last I heard it was being sought for restoration and reinstallment.

[robbo176]

Mosaics on the grave of Sir Andrew Barcley Walker at All Saints Childwall

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y94/robbo176/Picture777.jpg


http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y94/robbo176/Picture778.jpg

[scouserdave]

Mosaics on the grave of Sir Andrew Barcley Walker at All Saints Childwall

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y94/robbo176/Picture778.jpg

Blooming 'eck!
Stunning:eek:

[Ged]

If you keep scrolling down, some great ones of St. Philip De Neri church and others.

www.scottiepress.org/projects/litaly.htm

[MissDemenour]

Haha on that same oage tho there is a link to the opera I am stage managing! (una voce opera 'daughters of the regiment' PLEASE COME SEE IT!)

Anywho...The moasic of the angel on the grave is beautiful, I love how it looks like the angel is watching down.

Does anyone know if the mosaic on the queen vic monument is a rumor? If not we should campaign for it to be restored where it belongs as I would love to see it!

[Ged]

MissDeamenour. Una McCauley is a good woman. I wish you all the success, in fact i'm attending the final night (for the party you see) at Southport on 19th May. There is a page somewhere on the Scottie press where the Queen Victoria Monument mosaic is reported as fact by the Tremarco family whom I think worked on it originally.

[ChrisGeorge]

Hi Dave et al.

The Scottie Press site on Liverpool's Little Italy discusses how many of the mosaics in the city were done by Italian immigrant craftsmen or done by Italian craftsmen in Italy and imported into England. See

http://www.scottiepress.org/projects/litaly.htm

As you can see, the imposing mosaic that you photographed on the former British and Foreign Marine Insurance Company Building was done by Antonio Salviati (1816-1890), who founded his “laboratory of mosaic art” in Venice in 1859. See also http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/art/artifact/Other_39_00001.htm and http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=mosaics+Salviati

Chris

[ChrisGeorge]

Hi Dave

I am trying to reconcile what is said on the Scottie Press site about Salviati being responsible for the mosaic at the former British and Foreign Marine Insurance Company Building and what is said on the link you provided, that Frank Murray was responsible and signed it in 1889. Hmmmm.... Could Salviati have provided the glass used in the mosaic and the actual design be Murray's? I'm not sure.

Chris

[scouserdave]

Thanks for the info Chris. By the way, Ron from Scottie Press emailed me just a few minutes ago to tell me that his website is being reviewed by Lark Lane's (http://www.larklane.com/) Andrew Macaulay on Radio Merseyside at 17:50 this evening, so listen out for it folks:PDT_Piratz_26:

[MissDemenour]

MissDeamenour. Una McCauley is a good woman. I wish you all the success, in fact i'm attending the final night (for the party you see) at Southport on 19th May. There is a page somewhere on the Scottie press where the Queen Victoria Monument mosaic is reported as fact by the Tremarco family whom I think worked on it originally.

My god! you will actually meet me then! Argh! Now I am nervous. And yes, Una is a great woman, she has done alot for me, especially in the singing department (she gave me alot of solos alongside professional singers). She is a little annoyed I'm not singing in the opera but building props instead :S

They should deffinately find a way to restore the mosaic before 08, i think it would be fantastic as it would show some of the italian culture and heritage in our city but in an easy to find and see place (as some of the other beautiful mosaics are a little hard to find).

[Ged]

Did you get Johnny Kennedy's autograph, or maybe he got yours lol.

[Kev]

Inside the foyer of the Royal Liverpool Hospital:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/106/391099433_2a093b5bd0.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ijob/391099433)

[theninesisters]

Haha ya beat us to it Robbo :PDT10

Childwall 'we have the best ale AND the best graves' :PDT_Aliboronz_24:


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[scouserdave]

Hi Dave

I am trying to reconcile what is said on the Scottie Press site about Salviati being responsible for the mosaic at the former British and Foreign Marine Insurance Company Building and what is said on the link you provided, that Frank Murray was responsible and signed it in 1889. Hmmmm.... Could Salviati have provided the glass used in the mosaic and the actual design be Murray's? I'm not sure.

Chris
Hi Chris,
I've replied to this on another thread. Your suggestion makes more sense than mine! (http://yoliverpool.com/forum/showpost.php?p=51327&postcount=12)
:)

[robbo176]

Haha ya beat us to it Robbo :PDT10

Childwall 'we have the best ale AND the best graves' :PDT_Aliboronz_24:


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not enough pubs to go on a good pub crawl though :PDT10 :PDT_Aliboronz_24:
Mandy:)

[theninesisters]

not enough pubs to go on a good pub crawl though :PDT10 :PDT_Aliboronz_24:
Mandy:)

Childwall Abbey - 6X

Childwall Fiveways has Cains.

Why move when you are in the best place :PDT_Aliboronz_24:

[robbo176]

Childwall Abbey - 6X

Childwall Fiveways has Cains.

Why move when you are in the best place :PDT_Aliboronz_24:

I can sneak out my back gate straight into a pub or two:PDT_Aliboronz_24:

[Ged]

....and roll back home. Where you haslf cut when I seen you sat Mandy, it was a bit early in the day wasn't it? :PDT_Aliboronz_24:

[robbo176]

No Ged I was stone cold sober on Saturday hic! hic !

but my gardens very well kept :slywink: I can just fall out of the pub & I'm back home:PDT_Aliboronz_24:

[Ged]

The Trawler pub. Pic by Springy on Scouse House.

[robbo176]

mosaics in St Georges Church Yard Everton

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y94/robbo176/mosaic2.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y94/robbo176/mosaic.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y94/robbo176/mosaic3.jpg

[drone_pilot]

Saw this one on a shop over the road from the Main Bridewell.

[robbo176]

Nice photos Drone:handclap:

Mandy :)

[robbo176]

The door way of the original Quiggins in Renshaw St

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y94/robbo176/quiggins.jpg

[Max]

Cockburn(haha) Street Dingle.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/224/497862593_77ebcc2aac_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/maxmolyneux/497862593/)

[PhilipG]

Cockburn(haha) Street Dingle.


It's pronounced 'Coburn', Max! :PDT10

Mandy.
Very observant! :handclap:

[PhilipG]

It's in Old Swan.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/231/500089271_5dc0e5d200_o.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/196/500089273_04ad2ceb21_o.jpg

[Ged]

Fancy putting a switch there and what's that old shoe taking the look off it?

[Pete E]

I think it's what used to be the LAS VAGAS pub in mill lane!
before that it was a bingo

[PhilipG]

I think it's what used to be the LAS VAGAS pub in mill lane!
before that it was a bingo

:handclap:
Correct, sir!
It was built as the Swan Cinema and opened in 1917.
The building was demolished in 1996, but the mosaic floor in the foyer survived, but it's suffering from being left exposed to whatever happens to it.
More info here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/44435674@N00/227134741/in/set-72157594265619936/

[The Gardens]

A Liverpool(ish) mosaic, a picture I took in Central Park New York

[marky]

Mosaic ceiling on Liverpool Exchange Newsroom Memorial, Exchange Flags.

[Ged]

Queen Vic used to have a mosaic map of the world above her head at her monument.

[marky]

Mosaic Globe, Dingle Mount. There is another mosaic (a cross) at the top end of Dingle Mount (site of the Sixie Pub). Lots of schools seem to have a mosaic nowadays.

[krz8_zombie]

Isn't there one in Dr Duncans that was taken from a known city center business that closed down?

[robbo176]

A Mosaic of Everton

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y94/robbo176/beaconmosaic.jpg

[taffy]

The Globe Hotel is one of the few surviving pubs on Park Rd. It's opposite the Toxteth Tabernacle Church

[PhilipG]

Doorway.
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1420/561105582_9c8698a9f9_o.jpg

[PhilipG]

At night the doorway is kept clear.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1012/561406510_77c308c1d9_o.jpg

[taffy]

Entrance porch to Sudley House

[PhilipG]

This had been a pub in Victorian days, and it was finally listed in the 1908 edition of Gore's directory.
The only way to find out the name was to check the large scale 1890 edition of the Ordnance Survey map.
Not surprisingly, perhaps, it was called the Bridewell Vaults.
From 1910 Gore's lists the occupants as S McCain & Sons, provision merchants, and this shop front almost certainly dates from that time.
McCains had the premises until 1962, by which time they were described as egg merchants.
It appears to have been unoccupied at least until the end of the 1960s (when street directories ceased to be published).
It was occupied until a couple of years ago as offices, (estate agents, solicitors, or something like that).

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3025/2290470317_e7736c25a4_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2006/2291264174_72232cf0b6_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2204/2291264118_14d6524e72_o.jpg

[marky]

^ That Cheapside mosaic appears on the front cover of this book:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Walks-Through-History-Liverpool/dp/1859835503/ref=pd_sim_b_img_1/203-7455264-0299919

[Ged]

Great detective work Philip.

[PhilipG]

^ That Cheapside mosaic appears on the front cover of this book:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Walks-Through-History-Liverpool/dp/1859835503/ref=pd_sim_b_img_1/203-7455264-0299919

They've got that book in the Clearance Book Centre, so I thought I'd see what the author had to say about 31 Cheapside, seeing as how it's been chosen for the cover.
"There's an interesting shop front in Cheapside, opposite the Bridewell."
And that was all!
I wonder how many hours' research David Lewis put into finding that out? :PDT_Piratz_26:

[gregs dad]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3234/2293563643_f95edff437_o.jpg
Great detective work Philip.
And you next case D C Philip is this building next door but one to no 31 in Cheapside

[DaisyChains]

I wonder how many hours' research David Lewis put into finding that out? :PDT_Piratz_26:

all the more reason for you to write another book!!!

PHILIP! PHILIP! PHILIP!

:handclap:

[taffy]

This building has recently been refurbished as office space.

[PhilipG]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3234/2293563643_f95edff437_o.jpg
And you next case D C Philip is this building next door but one to no 31 in Cheapside

:PDT_Aliboronz_11:
I could state the obvious and say it's an unusually designed warehouse.
:rolleyes:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2273/2290470941_c76b4faf5a_o.jpg

[Ged]

I get most of my drum stuff from the shop 3 doors away.

[Ged]

And have been drunk in the place 5 doors away.

[PhilipG]

And have been drunk in the place 5 doors away.

The Rose & Crown is shown on an 1846 map, but The Hole in the Wall isn't.
So much for "The Oldest Pub in Liverpool".

[shoney]

some great mosaics , pity you can't get a decent tiler in liverpool nowadays

[quincyg]

all in Walton...a bit basic the first 2
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/blogging2/Picture1311.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/blogging2/Picture1314.jpg

I spotted this in the LHT office.
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/blogging2/Picture1319.jpg
and this one... I was struggling to get a decent pic as you can see...
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/blogging2/Picture1315.jpg

just then a member of staff came down the stairs by it, knocked on the window and mouthed "you want a better photo". I nodded and he opened the fire door and let me in. there were 3 there all done by local children.
I'd love the first one in my bathroom!
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/blogging2/Picture1316.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/blogging2/Picture1317.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/blogging2/Picture1318.jpg

[PhilipG]

The second one is Woolworths, but the W's have gone.

[quincyg]

The second one is Woolworths, but the W's have gone.

they were in gold weren't they? wonder if they are still in situ at the Penny Lane branch...hmmm, I think I'll be on the 62 bus tomoz!

[robbo176]

all in Walton...a bit basic the first 2
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/blogging2/Picture1311.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/blogging2/Picture1314.jpg

I spotted this in the LHT office.
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/blogging2/Picture1319.jpg
and this one... I was struggling to get a decent pic as you can see...
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/blogging2/Picture1315.jpg

just then a member of staff came down the stairs by it, knocked on the window and mouthed "you want a better photo". I nodded and he opened the fire door and let me in. there were 3 there all done by local children.
I'd love the first one in my bathroom!
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/blogging2/Picture1316.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/blogging2/Picture1317.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/blogging2/Picture1318.jpg


well done Quincy I walk past them every day & have never spotted them :handclap::handclap::handclap:

in fact you can even see my row of houses in one of the photos haha :PDT_Piratz_26:

[quincyg]

Ennismore Rd, Old Swan. there's another up by the Masons, but that's in poor condition compared to this beauty.

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/blogging2/Picture1369.jpg

[quincyg]

found this going through my old non digital photos.

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/blogging2/mosaic.jpg

in the Liverpool museum at Anfield. :lfc:

[quincyg]

Edge Hill
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/date%20stones/mosiacs%20shops%20signage/Picture1467.jpg

Wavertree
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/date%20stones/mosiacs%20shops%20signage/Picture1477.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/date%20stones/mosiacs%20shops%20signage/Picture1484.jpg

[PhilipG]

There's a story behind that Hatfield Hotel.
A pub was built next to Sefton Park station and they applied for a licence.
In fact, they applied for a licence 12 times, and each time it was refused, so that is a case of a pub being built which has never served any ale!

[PhilipG]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2077/2312755106_c04c6d7c1a_o.jpg

The whole shop front is original.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3152/2311945883_5f72d24ea5_o.jpg

[quincyg]

the doorway mosaics are fab. they look so much better than plain boring tiles. even the old marble steps are great.
haven't been around town much looking for them as I've been concentrating on suburbs. nice to know they still exist in the city centre considering all the rebuilding going on.

there used to be a Liptons one at the Lawrence Rd (Wavertree) Liptons/Maypole (now there's a blast from the past). Shop is vacant now, but the mosaic was either damaged or removed in the 90's as far as I know.

[quincyg]

Oakfield Rd, op the George (builders were in there so they had the shutters up)

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/date%20stones/mosiacs%20shops%20signage/Picture1635.jpg

[quincyg]

Dale St
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/date%20stones/mosiacs%20shops%20signage/Picture1985.jpg

Sir Thomas St
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/date%20stones/mosiacs%20shops%20signage/Picture1991.jpg

[quincyg]

Waterloo
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/date%20stones/mosiacs%20shops%20signage/Picture2047.jpg

[quincyg]

Reliance House, Tower Gardens
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/date%20stones/mosiacs%20shops%20signage/Picture2122.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/date%20stones/mosiacs%20shops%20signage/Picture2124.jpg

Water St
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/date%20stones/mosiacs%20shops%20signage/Picture2117.jpg

[quincyg]

Grenville St South
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/date%20stones/mosiacs%20shops%20signage/Picture2159.jpg

Alma De Cuba (was old church) Seel St I was taking this when the manager came out and ended up inviting us in to have a look around. Nice chap.
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/date%20stones/mosiacs%20shops%20signage/Picture2178.jpg

Renshaw St
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/date%20stones/mosiacs%20shops%20signage/Picture2191.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/date%20stones/mosiacs%20shops%20signage/Picture2194.jpg

the 'big house' Lime St
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/date%20stones/mosiacs%20shops%20signage/Picture2199.jpg

[PhilipG]

Great variety, qg.

Philharmonic pub.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3229/2367979645_177eb72c30_o.jpg

[quincyg]

Bronte community centre, St Andrews St
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/date%20stones/mosiacs%20shops%20signage/Picture598.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/date%20stones/mosiacs%20shops%20signage/Picture599.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/date%20stones/mosiacs%20shops%20signage/Picture601.jpg

Pleasant St School
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/date%20stones/mosiacs%20shops%20signage/Picture604.jpg

Sir Thomas St
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/date%20stones/mosiacs%20shops%20signage/Picture666.jpg

[lindylou]

I believe there are some mosaic pictures in Moorfields station. I never go in there so I don't know.
Anyone here seen them ?

[quincyg]

I believe there are some mosaic pictures in Moorfields station. I never go in there so I don't know.
Anyone here seen them ?

I've got the tile picture ones so I can put them up. I didn't post them as I thought tiles too big to be a proper mosaic. I think there's 1 in the walkthrough to Old Hall St, there's also ethnic groups represented in glass cases. didn't have camera with me when I last went through there 3 weeks ago.

[quincyg]

these are the older tiled pictures at Moorfields
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/blogging%20pix/Picture131.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/blogging%20pix/Picture132.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/blogging%20pix/Picture130.jpg

[lindylou]

Oh they're lovely. Thanks for posting. It's the first time I've seen them.

ps,
actually, it was my dad who told me about them. He uses Moorfields station from time to time. I never have cause to go there, so I wondered what the pictures are like.
I'll show him these pics.

Thanks Quincy.

[Samp]

Speaking of mosaics, what ever happened to the mosaic of the waterfront that was situated at the rear of the mersey tunnel entrance at the apex of Manchester St and Dale St? It was about four foot in diameter and about three foot high. it showed a section of the river with Liverpool and Birkenhead.

Regards Sam (new member)

[quincyg]

Volunteer Canteen pub, Waterloo
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/date%20stones/mosiacs%20shops%20signage/Picture875.jpg

shop doorway Bridge Rd, Blundellsands
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/date%20stones/mosiacs%20shops%20signage/Picture894.jpg

Alexandra Park, Crosby
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/date%20stones/mosiacs%20shops%20signage/Picture899.jpg

[gregs dad]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3295/2434442862_ef3ba19ac9_o.jpg
In St Georges church garden,everton

[John(Zappa)]

:PDT_Piratz_26:Great Pics all.Very good indeed.:PDT_Piratz_26:

[Samp]

Have these mosaics been seen before? I photographed them in Castle St. (Town Hall end!)

[Samp]

Pictures didn't take first time. I forgot to resize them!

[marky]

CO-OP mosaic, Bedford Road. This is the one I mentioned on another thread. I thought it was hidden by a door when I passed, but it turns out I crossed the road one door too soon, and missed it.

http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee262/south_liverpool/CO-OP_mosaic.jpg

[quincyg]

CO-OP mosaic, Bedford Road. This is the one I mentioned on another thread. I thought it was hidden by a door when I passed, but it turns out I crossed the road one door too soon, and missed it.


that's fab, :handclap: must go and get a pic for my own collection.

I took these yesterday whilst waiting for hubby in the Royal Liverpool Hospital.
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/Picture1386.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/Picture1452.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/Picture1453.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/Picture1455.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/Picture1456.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/Picture1457.jpg

[quincyg]

Bold St
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/blogging3/Picture266.jpg

[quincyg]

Moorfields station

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/blogging3/Picture1765.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/blogging3/Picture1759.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/blogging3/Picture1760.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/blogging3/Picture1762.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/blogging3/Picture1763.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/blogging3/Picture1766.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/blogging3/Picture1767.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/blogging3/Picture1768.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/blogging3/Picture1769.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/blogging3/Picture1770.jpg

[quincyg]

Vauxhall Rd
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/blogging4/Picture1026.jpg

Mount Pleasant
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/blogging4/Picture1183.jpg

[John(Zappa)]

Good pics Q. Am suprised you didn't bump into Debz as she's been photographing the same kinda stuff. The Italian stuff:PDT11

[skgogosfan]

That Threlfalls one is ace! Yet more good shots,quincy!

Dave.