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Northern Assurance Co.
3-4 Lothbury (also 1-5 Moorgate), EC2
Built: 1907-09
Architect: Mountford & Gruning
Location: Lothbury
Listing: Grade II (1977)
The Builder of 1 June 1907 deemed it, “a rather stately piece of street architecture … the whole has the merit of being a stone design which is masonic in style.”
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In Praise of The Shadows
I like the fact there is no recessed joint between the stones, just an in and out that lets the shadow take its place.
Northern Assurance Co.
3-4 Lothbury (also 1-5 Moorgate), EC2
Built: 1907-09
Architect: Mountford & Gruning
Location: Lothbury
Listing: Grade II (1977)