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Robert Lenkiewicz – Barbican Mural, Plymouth

Listing: Listed Grade II
Condition: Poor/damaged condition
Material Type: Painted - exterior
Building Type: Commercial / Industrial
Artist / Designer: Robert Lenkiewicz
Owners: Unknown
Date: 1972
Address: 5 Southside Street (North elevation), Plymouth PL1 2LA
Local Authority: Plymouth City Council
County: Devon
Country: England

The mural’s 3,000 sq. ft. covers most of the north-east elevation of the building and in Lenkiewicz’s words  ‘concerns itself with metaphysical ideas current in England during the period 1580-1620.’ Battens were attached to the wall in the late 1990s and the mural has faded considerably.

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1386394

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