194 Fleet Street, EC4Built: 1886-1888Architect: Sir Arthur BlomfieldLocation: Fleet StreetListing: Grade II (1972) From 1888 to 1975, this purpose-built renaissance-style palazzo housed the Law Courts branch of the Bank of England. The overall articulation of the building is complex, with… Read More »Bank of England Branch
60-62 Lombard Street, EC3Built: 1890 Architect: John Macvicar AndersonLocation: Lombard StreetListing: Grade II (1972) The main decorative elements are the choice of contrasting granite colours for the columns and rather stubby balustrade fronting the first-floor windows. Both main entablatures are… Read More »Commercial Bank of Scotland
1 St. Martin’s Le Grand, EC1Built 1889-1895 Design: 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