Oriel Chambers - Windows

[DKL]

Can anyone help? Really simple question, but trying to compare other old and modern images of Oriel Chambers is sending me mad.

Have the windows in this war time image been covered up by some sort of metalic sheeting or are they just really dirty?

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[gregs dad]

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I think they have modern windows behind the old ones now,this is from last year

[DKL]

But those' squares' on only some of the windows in the old shot don't feature at all in todays modern images, making me thing that it's not glass on show. It's very confusing

[goldenface]

Is it not blast protection for the office workers incase a bomb dropped nearby and blew them all in?

[DKL]

It could be, I just need some opinons. I know nearly nothing about this era and certainly ziltch about measures untaken for blast proofing, etc

[Oudeis]

http://wn.com/oriel_chambers?orderby..._time=all_time

[Lizzie1]

http://wn.com/oriel_chambers?orderby..._time=all_time

Great clip...............love 'The Liverpool Waltzes'


Oriel Chambers, Liverpool. Restoration of the External Facade & Oriel Windows of this Grade 1 Listed Building in the Heart of Liverpool:
This building has a special connection to ‘The English Heritage’ being the first example of the ‘Oriel’ style windows in the UK.

Having survived heavy bomb damage during the Second World War these unique windows required some extensive and delicate restoration.

http://http://www.spectrascaffolding...storation.html

[John Doh]

It makes you wonder how the windows survived heavy bomb damage during the war -- unless they were indeed protected in some way.

I would have said that that was quite likely -- even ordinary homes were allocated sticky brown paper tape for this purpose, not to prevent breakage of the glass but to minimise injury from flying glass fragments.

Large commercial buildings had more sophisticated protection, ranging from wire netting to celluloid or fabric panels glued to the inside of windows, though here it looks more like rigid panels on the outside. Perhaps the squares in the picture were smaller areas of toughened glass to maintain visibility, while the larger areas were of an opaque material. Pure conjecture on my part, but perhaps you might find it a useful avenue for further research...

[DKL]

Thanks for the input everyone

[Brian-P]

Just a little extra info. The architect, Peter Ellis, also designed that wonderful building at 16 Cook St. In its day it was described as a fantastic futuristic creation. Well worth a gander.