| Code | DS/UK/77 |
| Corporate Name | Bank of England Birmingham Branch |
| Dates | 1827 - 1997 |
| Activity | The Birmingham Branch was the fourth branch to open, on 1 January 1827 in premises in Union Street which had been purchased from the assignees of Gibbins, Smith & Goode in November the previous year. George Nicholls was appointed Agent and John Amery, Sub-Agent. The branch moved to Bennett's Hill in 1838 and in 1872 took in the business of the closing Leicester branch. In 1890 the branch moved again, this time to Temple Row, when it took over premises from the Staffordshire Joint Stock Bank. At a Court meeting on 1 December 1966, it was agreed that a separate freehold site in Temple Row (which became 55 Temple Row) be purchased at an approximate cost of £1.5 million, including compensation to certain occupants (The old Conservative Club and Bell & Nicolson's warehouse buildings in Temple Row which, with shop and office premises in Cherry Street, were acquired by the Bank and subsequently demolished in 1968), with a view to building thereon a new branch and offices for tenants. The land for the site was purchased from three main vendors; the City of Birmingham Corporation; King Edward School and Raventop Developments Ltd.
The original Birmingham Branch premises were sold to Midland Bank Limited. The new Birmingham branch at 55 Temple Row, officially named 'Bank House', was the first of the new branches to be completed and opened for business on 2 November 1970. After banking in the Bank's branches ceased in May 1996 the branch's bank note operation ceased in Birmingham on 18 July 1997 and the branch was formerly closed on 31 October. Continues as the West Midlands agency. |
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