Title

Bank of England, St Christopher-le-Stocks and St Bartholomew-by-the-Exchange, London, c1775. Artist: Adam Smith

Caption

Bank of England and the churches of St Christopher-le-Stocks and St Bartholomew-by-the-Exchange, London, c1775. Both churches wer rebuilt by Sir Christopher Wren after the Great Fire of London. St Christopher-le-Stocks was demolished in 1781 to make way for the expansion of the Bank of England. St Bartholomew-by-the-Exchange met the same fate in 1840 when Threadneedle Street was widened.

Date

1775

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/London Metropolitan Archives

Reference

HRM19A98_249

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

18,8Mb (1,2Mb) / 10,4in x 7,0in / 3120 x 2101 (300dpi)

Keywords

exterior building buildings England religious architecture economics country religion bank finance British English church Christian Christianity location century economy bank of england city of london Britain outside 17th century 18th century Eighteenth Century seventeenth century Guildhall Library & Art Gallery church tower St Christopher-le-Stocks TGN St Bartholomew-by-the-Exchange engraving Thomas Sir Christopher Wren Wren Christopher Sir Christopher Christopher Wren Thomas Malton II;Malton Thomas II;Malton Thomas I;Malton Adam Smith Smith Adam