The uninterrupted street that bears the name Poultry at its eastern end and Cheapside at the western one marks the border between Cheap and Cordwainer wards, which in the Middle Ages were the wealthiest commercial districts of the City. Together… Read More »Cheapside & Poultry
1 King Edward Street, EC1Built: 1907-1910Architect: Sir Henry TannerLocation: AldersgateListing: Grade II* (1974) The site of this building long hosted Christ’s Hospital, founded by King Edward VI in 1552, later adding a school of long-established City tradition (moved to Essex… Read More »King Edward Building
former London Shipping Exchange 19/21 Billiter Street, EC3 Built: 1865 Architect: Edward Ellis Location: Aldgate and Fenchurch Street east Listing: Grade II (1972) Billiter Street runs between Fenchurch Street and Leadenhall Street, in the heart of the insurance district. There… Read More »London Shipping Exchange
4 Lloyd’s Avenue, EC3 Built: 1902 Architect: Barrow Emanuel (T. Collcutt as consultant) Location: Aldgate and Fenchurch Street east Listing: not listed The modern Lloyd’s Register of Shipping building, designed by Richard Rogers, rises partly on the former footprint of… Read More »Coronation House
71 Fenchurch Street and 2 Lloyd’s Avenue, EC3 Built: 1899-1901Architect: Thomas E. Collcutt Location: Aldgate and Fenchurch Street eastListing: Grade II* (1972) Relative to the scale of this building – three main storeys not counting the mansard roof – the… Read More »Lloyd’s Register
72-75 Fenchurch Street and 1 Lloyd’s Avenue, EC3Built: 1900-1901Architect: Davis & EmanuelLocation: Aldgate and Fenchurch Street eastListing: Grade II (1972) Dixon House, like several other buildings in this area seems to have been destined from the start for multiple tenancy, as… Read More »Dixon House
Fenchurch Street is named after the church of St Gabriel Fenchurch, destroyed in the Great Fire and never rebuilt. It is disputed whether the ‘Fen’ refers to marshy land or the nearby hay market (hay = fenum, in Latin) on… Read More »Fenchurch Street & Aldgate
1 St. Martin’s Le Grand, EC1Built 1889-1895 Architect: Sir Henry TannerLocation: AldersgateListing: not listed The building in question is the third major Post Office structure erected along or near St. Martin’s Le Grand. Now housing corporate offices, it rises on… Read More »The old Telegraph Office
Aldersgate Ward takes its name from one of the four earliest gates in the City walls, probably going back to Roman times. Among the many parishes it contained, St. Martin Le Grand was the principal one until the great fire… Read More »Aldersgate