Cockspur Street caryatids by Ernest Gillick (1874 - 1951) The building in 14-16 Cockspur street that now houses a branch of Bank of Scotland was or

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Cockspur Street caryatids by Ernest Gillick (1874 - 1951) The building in 14-16 Cockspur street that now houses a branch of Bank of Scotland was originally the London headquarters of a German shipping company, Hamburg-America was designed with touches of art nouveau by the British architect Arthur Thomas Bolton and built in 1906-1908. After the First World War the building was occupied by another shipping company P&O (Peninsular and Oriental), and caryatids by Ernest Gillick were added to its facade in 1918 .The figure on the right represents Britain wheras the one on the left text 'Qvis separabit' is Latin and means who will seperate us. Cockspur Street, SW1

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