View of stone-faced four-storey buildings at 1 to 7, left, and 20 to 26 Birchin Lane in the City of London. Looking north past Cowper's Court, left, and Bengal Court and Castle Court, right, towards the Grade II listed, listing number 1375282, Royal Exchange Buildings in Cornhill, at the end of the street. The buildings at numbers 2 to 4 are Grade II listed, listing number 1359147. Occupants of the buildings include various banks and insurance brokers, along with the glazed shopfront of John Haynes Company Limited, jeweller and silversmiths at 23. The jeweller's shop was the scene of a raid in December 1944, where the robbers were confronted by a lone member of the public, Captain Ralph Douglas Binney, who unfortunately died from his injuries following a struggle to prevent their escape. This event is commemorated by the Binney Memorial plaque on the side of the shop (on the immediate right), unveiled by the Duke of Edinburgh in December 1986. The narrow lane is seen with a number of city gent pedestrians, and has since been pedestrianized.