No. 1 Poultry is an office and retail complex designed by James Stirling as a replacement for John Belcher’s Mappin & Webb building. It was completed posthumously in 1997. The long south-east elevation, clad in limestone and red sandstone, is seen here across works on the site of Bucklersbury House. Photo Winter 2013
Electra House, view #9
The former headquarters of the Eastern and Associated Telegraph Companies (later Cable & Wireless), is now occupied by London Metropolitan University. The building, designed by John Belcher, was completed in 1903. As with Britannic House, work on the Crossrail project reveals its facade to Moorgate. Photo Spring 2012
St Ethelburga-the-virgin, view #8
The unprepossessing north side of St Ethelburga-the-virgin within Bishopsgate is revealed by land cleared for development at 100 Bishopsgate. Most of the church, including the north wall, was obliterated by a bomb in 1993 and subsequently rebuilt, opening in 2002. Photo Spring 2012
10 Fleet Place, view #7
10 Fleet Place, a 1993 office building designed by Skidmore Owings & Merrill, occupies the site of the former Fleet Prison. The facade to Limeburner Lane has been exposed by a Land Securities development. Photo spring 2012
The Old Bailey, view #6
The central criminal court, or Old Bailey, revealed by the demolition of a group of offices north of Ludgate Hill. The domed building dates from 1907, the more recent south block, on the right, from 1972. It stands on the site of Newgate Prison. Photo spring 2012
St Margaret Pattens, view #5
The demolition of 1968 office block 20 Fenchurch Street has exposed a broader view of the west front of St Margaret Pattens. The building currently under construction is a 36-storey replacement by Rafael Viñoly. The church is dedicated to St Margaret of Antioch, in Asia Minor. Photo spring 2012
The Walbrook building, view #4
This 2010 office was designed by Foster + Partners. Like St Stephen Walbrook, it is named after the now culverted river Walbrook and its western facade has been exposed by the demolition of Bucklersbury House. Photo spring 2012
Britannic House, view #3
Britannic House, Lutyens’ 1927 headquarters for the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, later BP. The facade to Moorgate is here revealed by excavations for Crossrail. Photo spring 2012
St Stephen Walbrook, view #2
St Stephen Walbrook, viewed from Queen Victoria Street. This unusual domed church was for decades obscured by Bucklersbury House. Photo summer 2011
Middlesex Hospital, view #1
What appears to be the chapel of the old Middlesex Hospital, Mortimer Street, W1, demolished 2008. Photo summer 2011
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