View of The Royal Exchange
View of The Royal Exchange
Record No
48789
Title
View of The Royal Exchange
Description
View of a tree-planted pedestrian street called Royal Exchange Buildings, City of London, looking south from Threadneedle Street towards Cornhill and showing the colonnaded back elevation of The Royal Exchange, topped by a clock tower. Businesses include Bendicks and Jobs Galore. The Royal Exchange was founded in the sixteenth century by Sir Thomas Gresham as the centre of the commercial life of the City. Destroyed by fire in 1666 and 1838 and rebuilt twice, the current - third - building was designed in a heavy classical Pantheon-inspired style by Sir William Tite and built in 1841-85; it is Grade I listed; list entry number 1064713. It now serves as a luxury shopping and dining centre.
Date of execution
1978
Section
The London Archives
Collection
LCC Photograph Library
Medium
photograph
Catalogue No
SC_PHL_01_022_78_6352
London picture map location
Exact
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