The Royal Exchange and Bank of England in Threadneedle Street
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The Royal Exchange and Bank of England in Threadneedle Street
The Royal Exchange and Bank of England in Threadneedle Street
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SC_PHL_01_025_81_35_2453 (Collage 49791)
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London Metropolitan Archives: LCC Photograph Library
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A view across Bank Junction towards the front façades of the Royal Exchange and the Bank Of England, City of London. The view is dominated by the façade of the Royal Exchange, which consists of a portico of eight Corinthian columns topped by a pediment. This is the third incarnation of the building (the previous two having been destroyed by fire) and was built in Neo-Classical style to the designs of William Tite in the 1840s. It was Grade I listed in 1950; listing number 1064713. The equestrian statue in front of the Royal Exchange, dating from 1844, is of the Duke Of Wellington by Chantrey. It was Grade II listed in 1972, listing number 1359168. The front façade of the Bank of England can be seen to the left of the photograph across Threadneedle Street. At this time it was a three-storey building designed by Sir John Soane between 1788 and 1833. It was almost entirely rebuilt by architect Herbert Baker between 1925 and 1939 becoming a seven-storey building and retaining the original windowless outer wall. It was Grade I listed in 1950; listing number 1079134. The streets are crowded with vehicles, some horse-drawn and some motorised. The two double-decker buses nearest the camera are the number 11 to Hammersmith and the number 14 to Putney and they carry adverts for Maple Bedding and Tatcho Hair Grower. Most of the passengers and pedestrians in the photo are men, all of whom wear hats, mainly straw boaters or top hats. A policeman surveys the scene at the bottom left.
A view across Bank Junction towards the front façades of the Royal Exchange and the Bank Of England, City of London. The view is dominated by the façade of the Royal Exchange, which consists of a portico of eight Corinthian columns topped by a pediment. This is the third incarnation of the building (the previous two having been destroyed by fire) and was built in Neo-Classical style to the designs of William Tite in the 1840s. It was Grade I listed in 1950; listing number 1064713. The equestrian statue in front of the Royal Exchange, dating from 1844, is of the Duke Of Wellington by Chantrey. It was Grade II listed in 1972, listing number 1359168. The front façade of the Bank of England can be seen to the left of the photograph across Threadneedle Street. At this time it was a three-storey building designed by Sir John Soane between 1788 and 1833. It was almost entirely rebuilt by architect Herbert Baker between 1925 and 1939 becoming a seven-storey building and retaining the original windowless outer wall. It was Grade I listed in 1950; listing number 1079134. The streets are crowded with vehicles, some horse-drawn and some motorised. The two double-decker buses nearest the camera are the number 11 to Hammersmith and the number 14 to Putney and they carry adverts for Maple Bedding and Tatcho Hair Grower. Most of the passengers and pedestrians in the photo are men, all of whom wear hats, mainly straw boaters or top hats. A policeman surveys the scene at the bottom left.
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