St Mary’s Chambers, Monk Street
About the Building | Recent History | Previous Occupiers | Other Information
| Address: | St Mary’s Chambers, Monk Street |
| Present Occupier: | Fonseca Solicitors Ltd |
| Present Owner: | |
| Ground Floor: | Solicitors Offices |
| Other Floors: | Offices |
| Date when first used by present occupier: | 1979 |
About the Building
Designed and built as an architects office with stained glass windows, it was recorded here in 1884, but may be earlier.
Recent History
Source: http://www.fonsecaandpartners.co.uk/about.php
2022 Fonseca Solicitors became Fonseca Solicitors.
2007 Fonseca & Partners Solicitors
1979 Fonseca Solicitors
1979-1980 Merton Jones & Richards, Architects Office with the Citizen Advice Bureau Offices.
Used by Merton Jones since 1923.
Previous Occupiers
| Year | Name | Detail | Source |
| 1970 |
1957: Merton Jones & Richards
1947: J Merton Jones & Son
|
Architects |
R Merton Jones |
| 1937 | Johnson, Richards & Jones | Architects | Kelly |
| 1934 | Johnson, Richards & Jones | Architects | Kelly |
| 1930 | Johnson, Richards & Jones | Architects | Car/Npt & Dis |
| 1926 | Johnson, Richards & Jones | Architects | Kelly |
| 1923 | Johnson, Richards & Jones | Architects | Kelly |
| 1920 | Johnson, Richards & Jones | Architects | Kelly |
| 1914 | E A Johnson | Architects & surveyor | Kelly |
| 1910 | E A Johnson | Architects & surveyor | Kelly |
| 1909 | E A Johnson | Architects & surveyor | Kelly |
| 1906 | E A Johnson/ Joseph D Bishop, with Inland Revenue Offices and Church Rooms over | Architects & surveyor/Solicitor | Kelly |
| 1901 | E A Johnson/ Joseph D Bishop, with Inland Revenue Offices and Church Rooms over | Architects & surveyor/Solicitor | Kelly |
| 1895 | E A Johnson/ Joseph D Bishop, with Inland Revenue Offices and Church Rooms over | Architects & surveyor/Solicitor | Kelly |
| 1891 | E A Johnson/ Joseph D Bishop, with Inland Revenue Offices and Church Rooms over | Architects & surveyor/Solicitor | Kelly |
| 1884 | E A Johnson/ Joseph D Bishop, with Inland Revenue Offices and Church Rooms over | Architects & surveyor/Solicitor | Kelly |
Other Information
It is almost certain that this was the site of the town gaol which was part of the Monks’ Gate (East Gate) in the Town Wall.
The Cibi Brook runs beneath Beili Lane at the rear.
There is a story of a prisoner taking up a flagstone in the floor and escaping via the stream running beneath.
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