Stock No: 10741

10741. Bank of England Annexe Statuary collection
ONE OF A PAIR OF UNICORNS WITH 10740..THIS ONE HOLDING A SHIELD UPON WHICH IS CARVED IN LOW RELIEF A RAMPANT LION UNDER A CROWN.
Sculptor David Evans................ Circa 1957.

Provenance: One of a pair ( see SNo 10740) over the Watling Street carriageway into the courtyard standing either side of The Heap of Coins Guarded by Lions (SNo 10732) on the One New Change building in the City of London.

The building erected in the 1950's to accommodate the Bank of England's Accounts Department & demolished in 2007, occupied the whole site bounded by Cheapside to the north, Watling Street to the south, Bread Street to the east, Newgate to the north west and New Change to the west and filled a sensitive site in that it presented a backdrop to Christopher Wrens majestic Roman Baroque St Paul’s Cathedral.

	Width	Height	Depth
	19.1" 48.5 cms	44.9" 114 cms	22.8" 58 cms