The Bank of England and the Royal Exchange
Sir William Tite
1844
Threadneedle and Cornhill Streets, London
Image and text scanned by Nathalie Chevalier.
Built in 1842-1844 by Tite, is the third building of the kind erected on the same site. The first Exchange erected in 1564-70 by sir Thos. Gresham, was destroyed in the great fire, 1666, and its successor, by Jarman, was also burned down in 1838. The present building cost about £150,000.
The interior of the Exchange forms a quadrangular covered court surmounted by colonades. In the centre is a statue of the late Queen Victoria, and in the north-east and south-east corners are statues of Queen Elizabeth and Charles II.[text accompanying photograph]
The volume containing these images by an unidentified photographer bears the imprint "With H. and C. F. Feist's compliments" but no name, date, or place of publication, though the Feists were dealers in port wine, and Plate 30 demonstrates that the photograph must have been taken after 1902, and John R. Mendel offers evidence that it dates before mid-1906 [GPL].
Related Material from the 1844 Illustrated London News
- The First Royal Exchange, 1569
- The Second Royal Exchange, 1669
- The Royal Exchange, 1838
- The New Royal Exchange. — The East and South Fronts
- The New Royal Exchange. — The South Entrance
- Delivery of the City Sword, at Temple Bar
Last modified 1 October 2006