Baroque Clock Tower, Manchester — Worm's Eye View

3 October 2019 · Manchester

Manchester's sandstone civic architecture rewards the extreme upward look. Shot from street level at the base of the tower, the ornamental tiers — Corinthian columns, carved friezes, the Roman-numeral clock face — compress into a single graphic column against an overcast sky. The detail is dense and deliberate; the angle makes it geometric. Edwardian civic ambition dressed in baroque ornament, still legible a century on.