The Bank of England is personified as ‘The Old Lady of Threadneedle Street’ - conjuring images of a benevolent and homely old spinster at her sewing. However, the ‘old lady’ has a slightly less peaceable heritage than this image implies - the Bank of England was borne out of funding the war with France. In 1694, William III’s coffers were running low, threatening his war against the French. (more…)
Leadenhall Market is one of London’s oldest food markets, standing on the site of a 1st century Roman basilica (a Roman public building). There has been a market on this site since the 14th century, and people travelled from all over the neighbouring counties with their produce. (more…)
Guildhall bears the distinction of being the only non-religious stone building in the City of London that survived the Great Fire of London in 1666. Visitors to the Guildhall can feel just under 600 years of history around them. (more…)
When need to some more wood for your woodpile in medieval London, you’d head to the sellers of Wood Street - just off Cheapside in the City of London. The street today bears little resemblance to its earlier incarnation; having been almost totally destroyed during the blitz very little of its’ pre-1940 heritage now remains. But it would be a mistake to see this as ‘new’ part of London, as it has its place in history and particularly in literature. (more…)
The City of London is full of strange street names. St Mary Axe has now given its name to one of London’s most famous buildings, ‘the Gherkin’, but how did the street and the building become so named? (more…)
Louis Khan, architect in 1950s America believed that ‘design habits leading to the concealment of structure have no place’. Khan was an instrumental influence in the ‘High Tech’ (hi tech) style of architecture, where buildings appear inside out.
In 1978, Richard Rogers was awarded the project of designing a new headquarters for Lloyds of London. (more…)
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