From "The Descriptive Album of London" by George H Birch 1896 - Extracted text : " ROYAL EXCHANGE.—Close to the Bank to which it forms a fitting adjunct. The present building was erected by Sir William Tite, and opened by the Queen in 1845, its predecessor having been burnt after an existence of scarcely 200 years, which, in its turn, had re-placed an older structure destroyed in the Great Fire, and originally built by Sir Thomas Gresham and opened by Queen Elizabeth. The Corinthian Portico is undoubtedly very fine and well proportioned, but the sky line is much injured by every conceivable de
From "The Descriptive Album of London" by George H Birch 1896 - Extracted text : " ROYAL EXCHANGE.—Close to the Bank to which it forms a fitting adjunct. The present building was erected by Sir William Tite, and opened by the Queen in 1845, its predecessor having been burnt after an existence of scarcely 200 years, which, in its turn, had re-placed an older structure destroyed in the Great Fire, and originally built by Sir Thomas Gresham and opened by Queen Elizabeth. The Corinthian Portico is undoubtedly very fine and well proportioned, but the sky line is much injured by every conceivable deformity in the shape of chimney pots. The interior court is now roofed over in glass and iron, and in the arcades surrounding are many superb paintings by the first artists of the day of events in the civic history Of London. The merchants meet here on Tuesdays and Fridays, from 3-30 to 4-30. , and above the arcades are offices, the principal of which is ' Lloyds."
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