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Tite's splendid Royal Exchange, the
portico of which would be an orna¬
ment to any city.
Of the Bank of England on the
left, and of Lombard Street on the
right, I have already spoken, as well
as of the two churches in Cornhill
and the two in Leadenhall Street.
Behind the Bank in Tokenhouse
Yard is the Mart, where landed and
other estates are sold by auction.
Some fine new buildings are on
the site of the old East India Office,
though the front in the street is
heavy and poor; but in Fenchurch
Avenue
observe
No. 5
(Messrs. Anderson, Anderson, and Co.), a
good design by Mr. J. J. Stevenson, and
farther on a costly granite front, Billiter
Square Buildings, which only wants good
proportions to be one of the most splendid
fronts in London. Polished granite in tier
after tier of columns and windows ought
to look fine, but the effect is singularly
unsatisfactory. The best front in Cornhill
is probably that of No. 28, the office of the
Scottish Widows’ Fund. In Leadenhall
Street several examples of ornament at¬
, a JOHNSON § COURT, GOUGH SQUARE