A photographic copy of an architectural design drawing for the new headquarters of Lloyd's Bank at 15-22 Cornhill, incorporating a photographic view of the surroundings as seen from outside the west portico of the Royal Exchange

Date:
Mar 1923
Location:
Lloyds Bank, 15-22 Cornhill, City And County Of The City Of London, Greater London Authority, Ec3
Reference:
BL26559
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

This photograph was commissioned by the architects Mewes and Davis, who it seems were tendering for the commission of designing the new Lloyds Bank headquarters. Here they have utilised two earlier Bedford Lemere photographs (BL26304/003 and BL26304/004) as a basis for the design drawing, incorporating figures and structures captured in the photographs to give the image more realism and context. It appears that their design was not selected however; the headquarters were built in 1927-1930 on the site, to the designs of Sir John Burnet, Tait and Lorne.

Content

This is part of the Series: HBL01/01 Series Of Photographic Negatives And Prints; within the Collection: HBL01 The Bedford Lemere Collection

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Boucher, Adolphe Augustus: Bedford Lemere And Company