51-53, THREADNEEDLE STREET EC2 (See details for further address information)

1. THREADNEEDLE STREET EC2 5002 (North Side) Nos 51 to 53 (consec) TQ 3281 SE 10/324 8.1.71.

II* GV

1. Includes No 9 Old Broad Street. 1922 to 36 by Mewes and Davis. Large scale Italianate classical building of Portland stone. Design based on that of Peruzzi's Massimi Palace. Long, bowed elevation to Threadneedle Street. 4 main storeys plus recessed attic and slated mansard. Ground floor with order of Doric pilasters between large rectangular openings. Projecting arched entrances at centre and in end bays with engaged columns; the central entrance with coupled columns and the arch breaking into the entablature. Upper wall face rusticated. 1st floor windows balustraded with engaged Ionic columns and cornice. Tripartite opening over main entrance flanked by paired pilasters. Cartouche over carved with the bank's emblem. 2nd floor windows with architrave surrounds and consoles supporting cornices. 3rd floor windows framed by a slight architrave moulding double-crossetted at the corners and with scroll ornament at the sides. Deep enriched crowning cornice. Rear elevation to 9 Old Broad Street, 3 bays 3 main storeys. Channelled ground to ground floor and mezzanine over. Arched openings to ground floor. Central 1st floor window pedimented. Deep crowning cornice.

Listing NGR: TQ3294581230