On Poultry the monumental MIDLAND BANK HEADQUARTERS building
(1926-39) by Sir Edwin Lutyens with a
‘Fat boy with a Goose’ sculptures carved by Sir
William Reid Dick at each end of the facade.
The BANK OF ENGLAND building (1925-39) is a substantial block
by Sir Herbert Baker built within the
external walls (1788) by Sir John Soane. On the BoE main elevation overlooking
Threadneedle Street impressive sculptures of naked men and semi-naked women by Sir Charles Wheeler and on the opposite
side of the building ‘The Lothbury Ladies’ by Wheeler, he was also responsible for the attractive gilded
sculpture of ARIEL flying over one corner of the bank.
