Final
details subject to weather and group size and may change en-route (max. 3
hours)
11am.
PhotoWalk starts at the base of The
Monument.
Walk onto London Bridge and look at Adelaide House 1924-5
with an Egyptian inclination by Sir John Burnet Tait & Partners and
on one side of road with Fishmongers Hall on the other side,
1831-4 by Henry Roberts in Greek Revival style, best seen from
the centre of the bridge.
Down to Lower Thames Street and St
Magnus the Martyr church 1671-84 by Wren.
Then along Monument Street and up Lovat Lane passing the rear of St Mary at Hill church 1670-74 by Wren and Robert Hooke.
Turn right into Eastcheap with 23/25 Eastcheap a corner
building in polychrome brick, 1861-2 by John Young & Son and 33/35
Eastcheap, an outstanding Gothic building in red and black brick, 1868 byR
L Roumieu.
Turn left into Rood Lane seeing the fine C19 timber shop front and St
Margaret Pattens church 1684-89 by
Wren, overshadowed by the new construction of the “Walkie-Talkie” office block.
Ahead an interesting front at 151/52 Fenchurch Street.
Turn left and proceed to Gracechurch Street
and on the corner a former bank building 1868 in opulent Italianate style by Francis, observe the carvings. Along to St
Edmund church 1670-79 by Wren,
oppositet 24-28 Lombard Street a former bank (?) 1910 by Gunton & Gunton (?) in modified
classical style, Portland stone with life-sized group of figures in bronze over
entrance.
More bank buildings including the extensive former
headquarters building of Lloyds Bank, 1927-30 by Sir John Burnet, Tait & Lorne; Campbell-Jones, Sons & Smithers.
Porland stone with many good details.
St Mary Woolnoth church 1716-27 and ‘exceptionally original
design’ by Nicholas Hawksmoor, underneath
the church is Bank Station.
Now a clutch of big bank buildings, starting
with The Bank of England, largely rebuilt 1921-37 by Sir Herbert Baker within altered late
C18 early C19 screen wall by Sir John
Soane. Note the massive stone statues on the facade by Sir Charles Wheeler.
On the corner opposite the former National
Westminster Bank building by Sir
Edwin Cooper and next door the former Midland Bank building of 1924
by Sir Edwin Lutyens in simplified classical
style with carved figures of boys at either end by Sir W Reid Dick.
2pm. Walk finishes outside The
Mansion House, 1739 – 53 by Dance the
Elder.
