Rather lovely Victorian building by leics
You may or may not notice this building, depending on how closely you are looking at/for New Place, the Guild Chapel and/or the Grammar School.It is a rather stunning Victorian brick building, now a branch of HSBC bank. There are superb panels above the windows showing all sorts of things (looks like either 'myths and legends' or Biblical tales to me). Wonderfully intricate work.
You might like to know that the bricks were most probably made with the assistance of child labour. It was common for early Victorian (and pre-Victorian) children to work in English brickfields, often carrying 40+ pounds of clay on their heads, backwards and forwards to the brickmakers.
You'll find the building almost directly opposite the Guild Chapel, where High Street meets Church Street.
