Public Monument and Sculpture Association National Recording Project
Barclays Bank: carved tympanum relief Photograph
Region ID | EM | |
Work ID | 103 | |
Manual Reference | LE109TCBMAY | |
Type | Sculpture | |
Title | Barclays Bank: carved tympanum relief | |
Sculptor | unknown, *** | |
Architect | Sawday, Albert Edward | |
Date of design | c.1900 | |
Year of unveiling | ||
Unveiling details | ||
Road | Horsefair Street | |
Precise Location | No. 10 Horsefair Street, near the corner with Every Street, on tympanum within segmental pediment over main entrance to bank | |
A to Z Ref | 4 D4 (1) | |
OS Ref | SK588043 | |
Postcode | ||
Work is | Extant | |
Listing Status | II | |
Duty of Care | ||
Commissioned by | ||
Notes | ||
Two seated figures, back-to-back either side of the keystone of the main entrance archway, their upper torsos turned towards the viewer. On the left the male figure raises his right arm to adjust a ribbon of drapery fluttering across his upper chest. His left arm is lowered to his side. On the right the female figure rests her right hand on the scroll-like decoration on which she sits, her left arm above her head, handling another ribbon of drapery. Her long hair flows in decorative swirls around her shoulders. The plaster frieze decorating the interior of the bank continues this classically-derived theme with putti and decorative scrolls and ribbons etc. | ||
circa | ||
raw year | ||
Condition | Fair | |
At risk | Not at risk | |
Inscriptions | None | |
Signatures | None | |
Elements
Element Details
Part of work | Material | Dimensions |
|---|---|---|
whole relief | stone | h. 193 cm; w. 235 cm (est.) |
Assessment of Condition
Surface Character
Detail | Comment |
|---|---|
Surface spalling, crumbling | mortar crumbling between masonry blocks of which relief is composed |
Corrosion, Deterioration | all surfaces of relief rather weathered |
Structural Condition
Structural Condition | Comment |
|---|---|
Cracks, splits, breaks, holes | The voussoir carved with the toes of the male figure's right foot is visually separated from its neighbour - carved with the figure's foot and ankle - by the crumbling away of the mortar between the blocks |
Broken, missing parts | The toes of the right foot of the female figure, which had been carved on a separate voussoir from the foot, are missing. |
