LMS Route: Birmingham New Street to Lichfield

LMS Route: Birmingham New Street to Soho and Perry Barr

Curzon Street: lnwrcs1499

The cellars below the original Curzon Street station were built by taking advantage of the fact that the elevation of the L & B line was greater than the site's ground level. When the station was converted to goods traffic and had additional buildings built alongside, these too were provided with cellars.

This 1913 view shows, according to Richard Foster, the cellars classified as a bonded store with the nearest barrels branded John Walker & Sons. Bonded Cellars were important to importers or producers of wines and spirits because they did not have to pay tax to Customs & Excise until the items were released from the store.

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