On Monday week, before opening the Liverpool Jubilee Exhibition, Princess Louise, with the Marquis of Lome, performed another ceremony of the same kind on behalf of the Institute for the Adult Deaf and Dumb. The new building, of which we give an Illustration, stands in the centre of a large open space at the junction of three roads, Prince's-avenue, Selborne-street, and Park-way, a site obtained through Sir David Radcliffe, the Mayor of last year, who was president of the building committee, and who laid the foundation-stone in April last year. The architect is Mr. E. H. Banner, one of the trustees of the institution.
It is a handsome example of the early Gothic style, but has been constructed without excessive cost, by means of picturesque grouping and graceful treatment of inexpensive materials. With the repetition demanded by an octagon building, ornamentation could be obtained at a comparatively small cost by using terra-cotta. The site was of a most awkward shape to deal with, but the difficulties presented have been ingeniously overcome by the architect. The ground-floor is the part for secular or daily occupation. It embraces lecture-room, reading-room, library, coffee-rooms, and gymnasium, with suitable office attached. The upper floor will, when licensed by the Bishop, be the chapel, which has a separate entrance in Prince’s-road, with a fine Gothic staircase, to be used on Sundays, giving accommodation to about 250 worshippers. The building is constructed of red Ruabon brick, with terra-cotta to match, and roofed with red tiles.
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“Adult Deaf and Dumb Institute, Liverpool. Opened by Princess Louise.” HathiTrust online version of a copy of the Illustrated London News 90 (28 May 1887): 602 in the University of Chicago. Web. 27 September 2022.
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