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Image: Liverpool Lime Street Station - bronze statue - Ken Dodd (10446220133)

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Description: A look around Liverpool Lime Street Station. The station is Grade II listed. <a href="http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-359020-lime-street-station-" rel="nofollow">Lime Street Station, Liverpool</a> SJ 3590 SW LIME STREET L1 54/686 Lime Street Station 14.3.75. G.V. II Railway sheds and facade.Begun 1867 by Francis Stevenson and William Baker and extended by a parallel shed to the south in 1847-9. The earlier portion has a long glass roof in a graceful curve and with a span of 219 ft, supported on double doric columns of iron. The later portion is on square piers with a span of 186 ft. Screen facing Lime Street is of stone; Tuscan pilestrade; round-arched openings with architraves and keystones. Skelhorne street entrance has Tuscan columns with dosserets and arch braces supporting cornice (possibly of 1836 by Foster). Listing NGR: SJ3512790483 This text is a legacy record and has not been updated since the building was originally listed. Details of the building may have changed in the intervening time. You should not rely on this listing as an accurate description of the building. Source: English Heritage First look on arrival. Bronze statues of Ken Dodd. Unveiled by Ken Dodd in 2009. Sculptor Tom Murphy.
Title: Liverpool Lime Street Station - bronze statue - Ken Dodd (10446220133)
Credit: Liverpool Lime Street Station - bronze statue - Ken Dodd
Author: Elliott Brown from Birmingham, United Kingdom
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