Huddersfield Railway Station and St George's Square

      St George's Square is surrounded by the victorian buildings including the railway station itself. To the left of the railway station is George's hotel, to the right is Britannia building, and the lion chamber opposite to it. Other than buildings, the two fountains and the statue of Harold Wilson also mark St Georges Square.

      The railway station is  designed by the architect James Pigott Pritchett and finish built in 1850. The grand pillars gives the station an imposing look, like the roman style building.

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      The statue in front of the station is Harold Wilson, Lord Wilson of Rievaulx, entitle as the Huddersfield most famous son, as he was one of the former Prime Minister of England (served between 1964-1970 and 1974-1976).

pencil sketch

      Right in front of the station is a most recent built fountain. It is a build-in-ground fountain, form by 9 individual nozzle, arranged in 3x3. Due to the nature incline of the ground, the water from the fountain form a trail on the ground.

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      Before that fountain is built, there was a waterfall like fountain at the far end of the square. The fountain may not in use since the new one is built but the stain on the rock wall make it look like the water still flowing. The picture of two fountain unintentionally form a contrast of the live and dead, as the new fountain is coloured and the old fountain is draw in black and white.

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      If the statue of Harold Wilson represent the railway station, then the Lion on the Lion Chamber, and The statue of Britannia on the Britannia Building.

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