Buildings in Nicholas Lane
Buildings in Nicholas Lane
Nicholas Passage
Record No
48650
Title
Buildings in Nicholas Lane
Description
A view of numbers 33 to 34 Nicholas Lane, City of London as seen from the site of the former churchyard of St Nicholas Acon with Nicholas Passage to the right. St Nicholas Acon was destroyed during the Great Fire of London in 1666 and the site became a public open space which eventually closed n the 1960s. The shrubbery borders of the churchyard are evident in the photograph. The four-storey Grade II listed Royal Bank of Scotland at 34 Nicholas Lane dates from the late nineteenth-century and displays elements of the Beau-Arts and Italianate architectural styles with neo-classical features such as two masked keystones on the arches above the entrance and first floor window and a triangular pediment above the entrance. A decorative carved border containing a scroll pattern surmounts the ground floor. The entrance contains wooden panelled doors and sash windows at the top of the building. The neighbouring building at number 33 of 1875 by T.E. Collcutt is similar in style to that of the arts and crafts period with hints of the middle ages and flower motifs on the brickwork at the top of the building and in the roof and windows below it. A metal gas lamp can be seen outside of number 33. Neighbouring buildings to the right of both number 33 and the churchyard date from around the 1920s. The top of a small car is evident behind the shrubs at the front of the churchyard. The site of the church yard and the buildings adjacent to the churchyard were later built on and replaced by late twentieth-century office blocks. The small passage known as Nicholas Passage survives which can be seen to the right of where the photographer was standing. The buildings visible at 33 and 34 Nicholas Lane still survives with a metal gateway replacing the glass office frontage at number 33.
Date of execution
1961
Section
London Metropolitan Archives
Collection
LCC Photograph Library
Medium
photograph
Catalogue No
SC_PHL_01_019_61_4455
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