68 Upper Thames Street, EC4Built: 1908-10 (atop the original 1671-75 fabric and 1821 modifications)Architect: Alexander Henry Kersey (17th century portion possibly Edward Jerman)Location: Upper Thames StreetListing: Grade I (1950) Ownership of this site by the Vintners probably goes back to… Read More »Vintners Hall
91 Gresham Street and 90 Basinghall Street, EC2Built: 1911-13Architect: Dendy Watney & Sidney PerksLocation: Gresham StreetListing: Grade II (1977) Gresham College is a rather unique institution, even by the often idiosyncratic standards of the City of London. Funded by a… Read More »Gresham College
Guildhall Yard, 23 King Street, EC2Built: 1905Architect: not recordedLocation: Gresham StreetListing: Not listed This building’s style is early French renaissance with idiosyncratic elements like the Ionic capitals on engaged octagonal pilasters, a bowed central bay and an attic storey with… Read More »Blackwell House
15 New Bridge Street, EC4Built: 1908-1909Architect: See note (*)Location: New Bridge StreetListing: Grade II (1974) Between the graceful, Georgian Bridewell Hospital Gatehouse (N. 14) and the more ornate Victorian London Missionary Society (N. 16-18) rises an elegant facade, at N.… Read More »Rock Life Assurance
2-4 Temple Avenue & 40 Victoria Embankment, EC4Built: 1898-1902Architect: Albert Nelson Bromley Location: Whitefriars ‒ Victoria EmbankmentListing: Grade II (1972) This building is one of several, in the UK, known as Telephone House. It extends along a full block of… Read More »Telephone House
2 Royal Exchange Buildings, EC2 Built: 1906-1910Architect: Sir Ernest George & Alfred YeatesLocation: CornhillListing: Grade II (1997) The Royal Exchange Buildings are separated from the East side of the Royal Exchange by a broad pedestrianised passage, featuring several monuments. Fountains,… Read More »Royal Exchange Buildings
13-14 Cornhill, EC3Built: 1910Architect: James Glen GibsonLocation: CornhillListing: Grade II (1998) This is an interesting building not least because of its tall, narrow proportions and its transitional classical style. The two-storey base is composed of rather tall ground floor and… Read More »Scottish Equitable Assurance
1 Cornhill and 82 Lombard St., EC3 Built: 1905 Architect: John Macvicar Anderson Location: Cornhill Listing: Grade II (1972) This corner site, together with the west frontage of the Royal Exchange, the south-west corner of the Bank of England and… Read More »Liverpool, London & Globe Insurance
61 Fleet Street, EC4Built: 1910Architect: J. Lyons & Co. Works Department (probably)Location: Fleet StreetListing: not listed This building was first established as a Lyons Café and the design, though not specified in available sources is very likely by the internal… Read More »J Lyons Café
leading to Sergeants’ Inn Court 49-50 Fleet Street, EC4Built: 1911-1912Architect: Jack McMullen BrooksLocation: Fleet StreetListing: Grade II (1977) The north-facing aspect of this grand Edwardian building is a good example of a facade that establishes a dignified, cohesive and symmetric… Read More »Norwich Union Insurance