105, Water Lane
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105, Water Lane
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 11 Dec 2017
English Heritage describes this as the offices of machine tool manufacturers Smith, Beacock & Tannett, who operated the Victoria Foundry after which Foundry Street (to the left) was named. A careful look at the initials show that these are JBS, not TBS (for SBT!), and in practice these were the offices of James Brown and Son who operated a substantial timber business, the buildings of which were intertwined with those of the Victoria Foundry. (The building beyond the Crown Arms occupies the space of the former Saw Mill Street which led to the main timber yard.) Listed Grade II.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.791669
Longitude
-1.55247