View of Threadneedle Street
View of Threadneedle Street
Record No
49617
Title
View of Threadneedle Street
Description
View from the north side of Threadneedle Street, City of London. Taken from outside the Sun Insurance Office, 63 Threadneedle Street, part of whose sun hanging sign is visible. Threadneedle Street extends eastwards on the left of the image and a number of blurred pedestrians can be seen. The main focus of the photograph is the head office of Eagle Star Insurance Company at 1 Threadneedle Street which is contained in scaffolding. This was the original head office building of Eagle Star which occupied a corner plot adjacent to Royal Exchange Avenue; a statue of the company’s eagle logo with wings outstretched sits on top of the building’s cupola. 1 Threadneedle Street was subsequently rebuilt by Eagle Star in brutalist style in 1968. It was again rebuilt in 1992. This photograph also shows the seated statue of George Peabody (by W.W. Storey and unveiled in 1869) outside the front of 1 Threadneedle Street covered with a protective wooden awning and a mini van branded ‘Sunley’ parked in front. The statue was Grade II listed in 1972; listing number 1194436. There is also a drinking fountain by J. Edmeston from 1878 which contains the statue ‘Motherhood’ by Jules Dalou. It was Grade II listed in 1972; listing number 1358907. The Peabody statue and fountain switched positions in the 1980s. The curved north-east corner of the Royal Exchange is visible on the far right of the image with a sign reading ‘Union’. The north façade of 1 Royal Exchange Buildings opposite the rear of the Royal Exchange is partly visible.
Date of execution
1964
Section
London Metropolitan Archives
Collection
LCC Photograph Library
Medium
photograph
Catalogue No
SC_PHL_01_025_64_6345
London picture map location
Exact
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