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ability, to be de¬
rived from aa
tavern called, in
compliment to the
Merchant Tay¬
lors, whose hall
is at the eastern
end, the Three
Needles. The
first bank was
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a comparatively
modest building,
with a neat Ionic
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FIRST COURT IN THE BANK OF ENGLAND
front of two
storeys rising from a well-rusticated
basement, designed by Sampson, the
northern face of which may still be seen;
but it soon grew too small for the re¬
quirements of business, and the present
long low front, which covers nearly the
whole parish of St. Christopher, of which
the churchyard (the church having been
taken down), now forms one of the in¬
terior courts, was designed and erected
by Sir Robert Taylor in 1786, and com¬
pleted in later years by Sir John Soane.
taylors buildings round the churchyard
of St. Christopher's are much and de¬
servedly admired. They are in the Cor¬
inthian style. The exterior as we see it