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The #BankofEngland has stood in the #CityofLondon for 300 yrs. Rebuilt between 1921 & 1942, it’s #Neoclassical design was conceived to be strong & secure. Hidden deep underground are vaults filled with gold that few ever see, they quietly guard the country’s wealth. One of London’s greatest #HistoricBanks, it’s a reminder of how buildings create trust & are often full of story.
In Source: Bank of England
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#TheRoyalExchange with its grand #Neoclassical pediment & stone columns, played a key role in the history of London’s #HistoricBanks. Built in the 16th CE as a centre for merchant trade, it was rebuilt in 1844 after 2 fires. A testament to the #CityofLondon’s rise as a global hub, the #StockExchange has now gone, but it still whispers of historic times & fortunes, made & lost.
In Source: The Royal Exchange
In 2001 the #CityOfLondon Corporation along with a number of #CityLivery Companies raised the money to buy Wren’s #TempleBar back, then restore and rebuild it as an entrance to the redeveloped #PaternosterSquare beside #StPaulsCathedral in 2004. Today the room at the top of the gate is the City’s smallest livery hall, headquarters of the #WorshipfulCompanyOfCharteredArchitects
In Source: Temple Bar
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The #TempleBarMemorial stands in the middle of the road where #Strand becomes #FleetStreet & the #CityOfWestminster meets the #CityOfLondon. It was designed & built by #CityArchitect #HoraceJones in 1880 & was constructed to replace & mark the location where #ChristopherWren’s #Baroque #TempleBar arch, which now forms the entrance to #PaternosterSquare, once stood.
In Source: Temple Bar Memorial
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#TempleBarMemorial is crowned by a #Dragon, symbol of the #CityOfLondon. Along the base are the mythical giant guardians of the City, #GogAndMagog. A bronze image on the east side shows a curtain fall on Wren’s #TempleBar while the statues of #QueenVictoria & #EdwardPrinceOfWales, celebrate the fact that in 1872, they were the last royals to pass through Wren’s gate.
In Source: Temple Bar Memorial
The western limits of #CityOfLondon were marked with a gate or ‘bar’ close to #TempleChurch of #KnightsTemplar, hence #TempleBar, since 1293 when the boundary was drawn by a chain between two wooden posts. In 1351 a stone gate was erected & refurbished over the years, surviving the 1666 #GreatFireOfLondon before it was demolished & replaced by #ChristopherWren’s Arch in 1672.
In Source: Temple Bar Memorial
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