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| ArtistMaker: | LANE and LEWIS | 
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| TitleOfWork: | 'Mercury' | |
| DescriptionOfPhoto: | view of dome and sculpture | |
| DateOfCreation: | 1856 | |
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| Medium: | bronze | |
| Location: | On top of the dome above HSBC, 1 High Street | |
| AtoZReference: | p.32 6D | |
| Postcode: | DN1 1EE | |
| Street: | Baxtergate and High Street | |
| TownOrVillage: | Doncaster | |
| AreaInTown: | Town Centre | |
| MetropolitanBorough: | Doncaster | |
| Photographer: | Dave Ball | |
| ImageCopyright: | Sheffield Hallam University | |
| AccessionNumber: | d025a | |
| Description: The figure is identical to one in Sheffield's High Street, which is sited on top of the Bradford and Bingley Offices. Listed Building Grade II Commission: York City and County Bank. (Messrs.Demaine and Brierley of York were the architects; Messrs. Anelay and Sons of Doncaster, the builders). Cost of building was £10,000. Plans for the building are held at the Doncaster Archives however they have no information on the statues. Beside the bank, the building also incorporated offices on High Street for a stockbroker, R.E.Clark, who had previously occupied a building on the site, and a shop on Baxtergate, which was subsequently used by the Home and Colonial Tea Co. [1] Comment: Mercury was the god of trade, as well as being the messenger of the gods. In 1912 the bank amalgamated with the London Joint Stock Bank and in 1921 a further amalgamation created the London Joint City and Midland Bank, which soon became the Midland Bank. In the late 1990's this was taken over and became the HSBC. References: [1] e-mail from Helen Wallder at Doncaster Local Studies Library. 17th January 2003. |
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