Barclays and Midland Banks in the Strand
Barclays and Midland Banks in the Strand
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Record No
140416
Title
Barclays and Midland Banks in the Strand
Description
Barclays Bank and Midland Bank, 448-449 Strand, City of Westminster. Part of a triangular island block of shops and offices between the Strand, Adelaide Street and William IV Street (formerly King William Street). Built in 1830-32 as part of the West Strand Improvements, planned by architect John Nash and executed by William Herbert. Circular corner pavilions, known as "pepper pots", three storeys and an attic with a balustrade. Number 447-448 is occupied by Barclays Bank. In the nineteenth century this was the office of The West Strand Telegraph Company, the 'Central Station' of the Electric Telegraph Company, which was established in 1846 to connect major cities and towns by electric telegraph. Number 449 is occupied by a branch of Midland Bank with signs in the first-floor windows for 'Bureau de Change, Foreign Exchange Department, USA Exchange'. The block is Grade II* listed number 1237040.
Date of execution
1930
Section
London Metropolitan Archives
Collection
LCC Photograph Library
Medium
photograph
Catalogue No
SC_PHL_01_532_A7065
London picture map location
Exact
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