Ceiling mouldings and decorations

• The moulding in the kitchen is geometrical and shaped like a roset. It is octagonal and consists of a center star, with a rmiddle ring of triangular shapes, surrounded by a ring of leave-shapes. The decoration has neogothical and orientalist connotations.

Their symmetry might allude to the mathematical work being done in the institute. Shapes similar to this are to be found throughout the building.

Plaster moulding ceiling communal kitchen Bidston Observatory, 2021

• The design of the stone carvings around the year 1866 which can be found above the South entrance looks like a cogged wheel, celebrating late nineteenth century industrialism. A sign of the enthusiasm for the spirit of progress and arriving modernisms.

Arch over door south entrance