Picture by Pat Neill
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This building was
designed by Henry Summers as an extension to The Eye & Ear Infirmary
and was completed in 1880. It became the studio and offices of
Norbury, Upton & Paterson, architectural carvers. On the right of
the ground floor there was originally a cart entrance to the stone
yard at the rear. The statue is of St Luke by the carvers
themselves. The griffin combines the lion and the eagle, the most
powerful beasts on land and in air and is used to denote divine
power. The winged ox is a common representation of, or accompaniment
to the disciple Luke.
Sources: Pevsner Architectural Guides: Liverpool by Joseph Sharples The Oxford English Reference Dictionary Wikipedia Alan Maycock © 2008 Walk 002 | Home
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