The Leadenhall Street entrance to the Lloyd's building, designed by Sir Edwin Cooper in 1922 as a WWI memorial arch and originally sited at the entrance to the Lloyd's Rooms at the Royal Exchange

Date:
Apr 1928
Location:
Lloyd's Building, Leadenhall Street, City And County Of The City Of London, Greater London Authority, EC3
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Lloyd's War Memorial Arch, Leadenhall Street, City And County Of The City Of London, Greater London Authority, EC3
Reference:
BL29537
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

This Portland Stone arched entranceway has an interesting history. It was unveiled by Field Marshall Haig after the First World War at its original site at the Royal Exchange, but when Lloyd's moved to its Leadenhall Street site, the arch moved to the site as well, remaining there until the original building was demolished in 1979 to make way for the later Lloyd's building. The arch was placed into storage, then later restored and re-erected on Leadenhall Street, adjacent to the modern Richard Rogers Lloyd's building and remains in situ as a memorial.

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: Bedford Lemere And Company

Architect: Cooper, Edwin

Keywords

Entrance, Early 20th Century Arch, 20th Century War Memorial