This prospect was produced in about 1656 by Wenceslaus Hollar showing the south-east part of the town with St. Martin's church to the left (see below also). This before it was encased in red sandstone in about 1692, which was designed in the neoclassical style. Many of the buildings would have still been timber framed, but newer buildings were beginning to be influenced by the classical styles, like the house probably built for John Jennens on the High Street, later becoming the Court of Requests.
The print was included in William Dugdale's History of Warwickshire (London: 1656), held at Birmingham Archive.
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