10773. One New Change Keystones.
THE WALBROOK
Sculptor Sir Charles Wheeler. Circa 1957.
Provenance: Originally one of three keystones, representing historical London rivers, The Thames, The Fleet & The Walbrook, & part of a larger group including two statues of St George. This keystone was above the right hand bronze door of the main entrance of One New Change, part the Bank of England Annexe 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.
The Walbrook is one of Londons lost rivers flowing from Finsbery to the Thames near Cannon Street it started to disappear before the Romans left in 410AD. They built the Mithras Temple on its bank & it was one of their most important navigable waterways.
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18.7"
47.5 cms |
35.0"
89 cms |
20.1"
51 cms |
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