Hoare's Bank

Hoare's Bank, built between 1820 and 1830 by C Parker, is a Grade II* listed building located on Fleet Street, EC4. The front is made of Bath stone and features three storeys plus a basement, with five windows and one additional window set forward at each end. The ground floor has round-arched openings, while the first-floor windows are corniced, with two featuring balconies and pediments. The centre of the building has a modillion cornice and a parapet, and there are area railings along the front. At the rear, there is a courtyard.

Inside, the bank retains many Grecian Revival features from the time of its construction. The Banking Hall has its original oak counter, which has been altered, along with a low bronze screen and a columnar bronze stove topped with a lamp from the same period. The staircase leading from the ground floor to the Partners' rooms above has balusters shaped like bronze Doric columns. On the landing, the pedestal of the lampstand is decorated with scagliola, and its drum is adorned with a bronze frieze and topped with a bronze candelabrum. The suite of rooms on the first floor maintains all its early 19th-century cornices, fireplaces, doorcases, and doors.