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18 – 19 Bennetts Hill / 51, 52 and 53 New Street (formerly the London & Lancashire Insurance Co.) – detail – lion sculpture
Image by ell brown
I passed by here again when I saw that it was numbered 18-19 Bennetts Hill.
Have updated the details on my old shots of it.
Detail from Bennetts Hill side. Lion sculpture in the middle.
This is 18 – 19 Bennetts Hill and 51, 52 and 53 New Street.
It is a Grade II listed building.
Includes Nos 51, 52 and 53 New Street. Early C20. Stone, and in an Edwardian Baroque style. Three storeys plus attic; 5 bay centrepiece plus 2 bays on the left and a diagonal segment-headed bay on the corner (the entrance to No 53 New Street) and the return on New Street with the entrances to Nos 51 and 52 New Street. Ground floor with modern shop fronts and the entrance arch with flanking blocked pilasters carrying an open and broken pediment with arms. Above this, the centrepiece advanced slightly and the inner 3 bays with Ionic pilasters carrying a broken pediment and, within this framework, Ionic columns carrying an open and broken segmental pediment with round window with garlands. Above this a shallow dome flanked by figures and little polygonal and domed cupolas. The fenestration by sashes in moulded framed with cornices on the first floor and with keystones and aprons on the second floor. Important corner site with New Street.
51, 52 and 53 New Street – Heritage Gateway
The Former London & Lancashire Insurance Co. of 1906-8 by Riley & Smith. Edwardian Baroque, rare in Birmingham, and significantly by commerical architect-surveyors. But its big pediment and low dome are excellent street scenery. Good sculpture: cherubs and garlands, and the company’s arms with fearsome gryphons. The Birmingham Guild did work here. Partly original shopfronts.
From Pevsner Architectural Guides: Birmingham by Andy Foster
18 – 19 Bennetts Hill / 51, 52 and 53 New Street (formerly the London & Lancashire Insurance Co.) – entrance – signs
Image by ell brown
I passed by here again when I saw that it was numbered 18-19 Bennetts Hill.
Have updated the details on my old shots of it.
Entrance to 18-19 Bennetts Hill.
Clearly Nationwide is based here.
This is 18 – 19 Bennetts Hill and 51, 52 and 53 New Street.
It is a Grade II listed building.
Includes Nos 51, 52 and 53 New Street. Early C20. Stone, and in an Edwardian Baroque style. Three storeys plus attic; 5 bay centrepiece plus 2 bays on the left and a diagonal segment-headed bay on the corner (the entrance to No 53 New Street) and the return on New Street with the entrances to Nos 51 and 52 New Street. Ground floor with modern shop fronts and the entrance arch with flanking blocked pilasters carrying an open and broken pediment with arms. Above this, the centrepiece advanced slightly and the inner 3 bays with Ionic pilasters carrying a broken pediment and, within this framework, Ionic columns carrying an open and broken segmental pediment with round window with garlands. Above this a shallow dome flanked by figures and little polygonal and domed cupolas. The fenestration by sashes in moulded framed with cornices on the first floor and with keystones and aprons on the second floor. Important corner site with New Street.
51, 52 and 53 New Street – Heritage Gateway
The Former London & Lancashire Insurance Co. of 1906-8 by Riley & Smith. Edwardian Baroque, rare in Birmingham, and significantly by commerical architect-surveyors. But its big pediment and low dome are excellent street scenery. Good sculpture: cherubs and garlands, and the company’s arms with fearsome gryphons. The Birmingham Guild did work here. Partly original shopfronts.
From Pevsner Architectural Guides: Birmingham by Andy Foster
18 – 19 Bennetts Hill / 51, 52 and 53 New Street (formerly the London & Lancashire Insurance Co.) – Nationwide
Image by ell brown
I passed by here again when I saw that it was numbered 18-19 Bennetts Hill.
Have updated the details on my old shots of it.
There’s the Nationwide.
This is 18 – 19 Bennetts Hill and 51, 52 and 53 New Street.
It is a Grade II listed building.
Includes Nos 51, 52 and 53 New Street. Early C20. Stone, and in an Edwardian Baroque style. Three storeys plus attic; 5 bay centrepiece plus 2 bays on the left and a diagonal segment-headed bay on the corner (the entrance to No 53 New Street) and the return on New Street with the entrances to Nos 51 and 52 New Street. Ground floor with modern shop fronts and the entrance arch with flanking blocked pilasters carrying an open and broken pediment with arms. Above this, the centrepiece advanced slightly and the inner 3 bays with Ionic pilasters carrying a broken pediment and, within this framework, Ionic columns carrying an open and broken segmental pediment with round window with garlands. Above this a shallow dome flanked by figures and little polygonal and domed cupolas. The fenestration by sashes in moulded framed with cornices on the first floor and with keystones and aprons on the second floor. Important corner site with New Street.
51, 52 and 53 New Street – Heritage Gateway
The Former London & Lancashire Insurance Co. of 1906-8 by Riley & Smith. Edwardian Baroque, rare in Birmingham, and significantly by commerical architect-surveyors. But its big pediment and low dome are excellent street scenery. Good sculpture: cherubs and garlands, and the company’s arms with fearsome gryphons. The Birmingham Guild did work here. Partly original shopfronts.
From Pevsner Architectural Guides: Birmingham by Andy Foster
