Commercial PropertygalleryPictures: Last look inside Assay Office before conversionBookmarkShareCommercial PropertyByTamlyn JonesBusiness Reporter13:18, 18 SEP 2015Updated12:20, 9 OCT 2015This gallery takes a look inside the Assay Office before it is completely stripped out and turned into a new office complex for small businesses1 of 36Images show the old work space which hosted the Assay Office for more than 130 years2 of 36Furniture is packed away ahead of the renovation3 of 36The old lift for moving items of jewellery around the building4 of 36One of several safes which will be utilised in the new building5 of 36A model of the new Assay Office on the corner of Moreton Street and Icknield Street on the other side of the Jewellery Quarter6 of 36Work benches used for hallmarking7 of 36Tea set heading to the new Assay Office8 of 36Even the carpets bore the famous assay symbol of an anchor9 of 36Historic staircase10 of 36Office room with old fireplace11 of 36Decorative ceiling12 of 3613 of 3614 of 3615 of 3616 of 3617 of 3618 of 3619 of 3620 of 3621 of 3622 of 3623 of 3624 of 3625 of 36Looking out towards the front façade's window26 of 3627 of 36Front of the Assay Office in Newhall Street28 of 3629 of 36Rear car park accessed from Charlotte Street will house 32 apartments in a new-buid extension30 of 36Another shot of the rear car park31 of 36The Assay Office sits on the corner of Newhall and Charlotte streets and counts the Brindley House apart block among its neighbours32 of 36The historic façade's will be maintained following the redevelopment33 of 36Another view of that famous front entrance which has welcomed workers since the 187734 of 36CGI of the planned flats to the rear of the redeveloped Assay Office, looking along Charlotte Street to St Paul's Square35 of 36And this CGI shows the front of the converted Assay Office in Newhall Street36 of 36