The image shows the former Pearl Assurance Building, which had five storeys throughout, and additional attics in the round corner in the south-west side of the building. The window bays on the second and third floor of the corner are canted, as are the windows on the second floor of the west elevation. Between the west side and corner is a tower with polygonal parapet and domed roof with tall openings underneath. The ground floor has shop fronts, and a sign which reads "PEARL ASSURANCE BUILDING" above the first floor of the corner, and above a door at the base of the tower. The building was replaced with a brutalist construction of the same name, possibly in the late 1960's to early 1970's.
This is part of the Sub Series: UXC01/01/01 Series of 35mm negatives showing English architecture; within the Series: UXC01/01 Series of negatives showing English architecture; within the Collection: UXC01 Ursula Clark Collection
© Historic England Archive
Photographer: Clark, Ursula
Georgian Shop, Georgian Office
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