This new commercial edifice is situated partly in Bartholomew lane and Throgmorton street, and derives some importance from its immediate contiguity to those active scenes of business, the Bank of England, Royal Exchange, the Stock Exchange, and other public offices. Though grand and imposing in appearance, it is acknowledged that the peculiar construction of the building has made it eligible, in some degree, to sacrifice appearance to convenience. Yet, notwithstanding this sacrifice to utility, it may he considered as offering a specimen of architecture simply elegant, and highly creditable to a young architect, Mr. John Walters; who, without profuse decoration, has bestowed upon his design the characteristics of a national edifice.
Other London Buildings:
New Court House, or Westminster Guildhall
General List of other Noblemen's Residences
Source: Leigh's New Picture of London. Printed for Samuel Leigh, 18, Strand;
by W. Clowes, Northumberland Court. 1819