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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)
The Origins of - Lothbury: A corruption of “Lattenbury,” where the workers in latten ware, a species of bronze, . . . #english #ingles
The Origins of – Lothbury: A corruption of “Lattenbury,” where the workers in latten ware, a species of bronze, . . . #english #ingles
A corruption of “Lattenbury,” where the workers in latten ware, a species of bronze, had their shops in the Middle Ages. In the modern sense latten is a kind of sheet brass. Source: Phrases and Names Their Origins and Meanings by Trench H. Johnson Thank you for visiting EL4E.com Tomorrows phrase or name will be Siedlitz Powders.
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The site of The Whalebone, 41 Lothbury....
....is now home to somewhat more dubious, money-making, outfits. Formerly the street was known for coppersmiths and pewterers in the Middle Ages
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Location of The Whalebone (arrowed) on Ogilby and Morgan's Large Scale Map of the City As Rebuilt By 1676 Source : https://www.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/london-map-ogilby-morgan/1676 [Wikkipedia says: “The Whalebone was an eatery on Lothbury in the City of London that was a meeting place for the Leveller movement. The Levellers described themselves as "whaleboners" in an early printed declaration, and their leader John Lilburne would read various declarations and lead meetings there. Henry Ireton, Oliver Cromwell's son-in-law, sent spies to the Whalebone to observe the Levellers. It was referred to as one of the Levellers' 'Houses of Parliament” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whalebone_(Lothbury)#cite_note-londontop-1]
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Bank of England, Lothbury, London
Westminster Bank, 41 Lothbury, London - illustration by Eric Fenton ARCA - 1953 by mikeyashworth on Flickr.
