View of 32-44 Borough High Street, Southwark. Borough High Street is one of the oldest streets in London being the main thoroughfare from London Bridge to Kent since antiquity. Number 32-34 Westminster Bank is a four-storey rectangular building with attics, and ornate decoration around the attic window. Built in 1862-63 by Frederic Chancellor for the London and County Bank in an Italian Palazzo style, it is Grade II listed, number 1378346, and now has a restaurant on the ground floor. This was built on the site of an old prison (or compter) and court house that itself had been built on the site of the twelfth-century St Margaret's church. Outside, motor cycles and a hand cart are parked and a man with a beard is walking towards the camera. In front of the bank, the St Saviours War Memorial, unveiled in 1922. Costing £4000 it was paid for by public subscription following a competition organised by the local war memorial committee. The winning design was by the sculptor Philip Lindsey Clark who served on the Western Front in World War I. The bronze figure, according to the sculptor, was intended to “express the same dogged determination and unconquerable spirit displayed by all branches of our forces on land, on the seas, and in the air”. It is Grade II* listed, number 1378368. Behind the monument are numbers 40-44. On the right, number 40 is part of a three-storey terrace with attics built 1716-24. It has shop sign for IVORY and LEDOUX Ltd above the door and shop window. Mr A. J. Ivory and Mr L. Ledoux founded the company in 1907 to improve the quality and variety of ingredients for the UK food industry and continues to trade with headquarters in Belsize Park. The building was refurbished in 1991 as offices and is Grade II listed, number 1378348. Number 42 is a three-storey building with a mansard roof and dormer window and a sign EAGLE STAR INSURANCE. In 1843 this building was occupied by Eagleton and Glover, tailors, and is now an estate agents. Number 44 is a four-storey building with a shop front on the ground floor.
