Hi David,
wheher it had this function rather depends on:
a) whether there is easy access to the tower windows from inside the
building.
b) what the sight lines are - to me it looks like you wouldn't see
anyone who was close to the building, especially in front of the pediment.
The Chippenham workhouse (http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Chippenham)
has a similar-looking feature. However, the building also has a canted
semi-hub at the front with first-floor observation windows all round.
The tower's view to the rear may have been more useful for observation
purposes.
Peter
GATLEY David A wrote:
>
> *Can anyone confirm if this likely to be form of panopticon in the
> Bentham idea of the concept?*
>
> *It is a photograph of the Bethesda School in Hanley Stoke-on-Trent
> opposite the musuem and dates from between 1818 and 1838. *
>
> *I guess that children could be monitored during playti**me from the
> glass tower at the top of the building. *
>
> *Can list members simply me with any further examples?*
>
> *David*
>
> **
> *-----------------------------------*
> *<Think before you add to global warming by printing this email>*
> *Dr David Alan Gatley*
> *Senior Lecturer*
> *Faculty of Arts, Media and Design*
> *Staffordshire University*
> *Stoke-on-Trent*
> *ST4 2DE*
> **
> *Telephone: 01782-294780*
> *Email: [log in to unmask]*
>
>
> The information in this email is confidential and is intended solely
> for the addressee. Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorised.
>
> If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying,
> distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on
> it, except for the purpose of delivery to the addressee, is prohibited
> and may be unlawful. Kindly notify the sender and delete the message
> and any attachment from your computer.
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
|