15/02/2010

James McKenzie's Pyramid



Hello the very few people who will see this. this entry is outside of the usual realms of this word and picture hole cause I'm not advertising a gig.

This one is about the small obsession I have with one of Liverpool's most odd pieces of architecture - In the churchyard of the derelict St. Andrew's Church of Scotland on Roscoe St is a pyramid to James Mackenzie which was built in 1868. Mackenzie was a railway contractor and reputed to have been an avid gambler. Folklore has it that he wished to be buried sitting upright at a card table with a winning hand, after losing his soul in a card game with the Devil who said he'd collect it once he was dead and buried.

So yeah, here is my handywork inspired by that story.

Links: PYRAMID IN LIVERPOOL FLICKR IMAGES PLUS STORY