![]() Old illustrations of the Electric Telegraph Building clearly show the statues, but at this point the authenticity of the sculpture on the 1915 building comes into question. It is said that the Mercury sculpture was moved to the Telegraph Building in 1915, while the Vulcan statue was lost. (Image: Picture Sheffield)įurthermore, it is suggested that the bronze sculpture occupied one of two niches, one on either side of the front elevation of the upper story, the figure of Mercury to the left and Vulcan to the right. The statues of Mercury (left) and Vulcan (right) can be seen in the niches at the upper level. The Electric Telegraph Company office seen about 1856. How much, if anything at all, remains of the old auction house interiors? There is a question that intrigues me more than anything. Today, the ground floor units are empty, only Amplifon occupies what was the old vestibule, with little sign of life in the offices above, and with post-pandemic uncertainty, it looks like a long road back to glory. ![]() The old salesrooms faded into memory, the ground floor sub-divided into shops, but Lloyd’s Bank remained until its recent departure to Parade Chambers on High Street. Sadly, Frank Sleigh Bush was declared bankrupt in 1927, his reasons being “a change of business premises, slump in trade, illness, and lack of capital.” However, by the 1920s it had been renamed Lloyd’s Bank Chambers, and Bush and Company had relocated to Orchard Place. In December 1913, Lloyd’s Bank opened its Church Street branch here, the Bush auctions functioning in the remainder of the building. It might be that overheads connected with the building’s construction obliged Frank to look for tenants. George Frederick Bush left the business, and it became Frank Bush and Company, subsequently Bush and Company. William Bush died in 1903, the business continued by both sons, but the popularity of salesrooms had started to wane in the new century. An aerial view of the building today shows a plain flat roof. At some point the building was redeveloped and the glass atriums replaced. The sales rooms had natural light from above.
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