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Thames Street, divided into Lower and Upper Thames Street, is a road in the City of London, the historic and financial centre of London. [1] It forms part of the busy A3211 route (prior to being rebuilt as a major thoroughfare in the late 1960s, it was the B132) from Tower Hill to Westminster.
Lower Thames Street, Old and New London: Volume 2 (1878), pp. 41–60; London Coal Exchange, victorianlondon.org; Photograph of the Coal Exchange, Courtauld Institute; Images of the Coal Exchange from the City of London archive; Image of the new Coal Exchange from the River Thames, behind Billingsgate Market and the Customs House
St Magnus the Martyr, London Bridge, is a Church of England church and parish within the City of London.The church, which is located in Lower Thames Street near The Monument to the Great Fire of London, [1] is part of the Diocese of London and under the pastoral care of the Bishop of Fulham. [2]
Custom House, Lower Thames Street, London: long-time home of HM Customs. The historic headquarters of HM Customs was the Custom House on Lower Thames Street in the City of London. This went on to become the headquarters of HMCE when the Excise head office moved there from Somerset House in 1909.
Until about 1840, fish and seafood were sold from sheds around the dock but with an increasing amount of produce to deal with, a purpose-built market was constructed on Lower Thames Street.
Vinters' Hall stands on Upper Thames Street in the City of London. It dates from 1671 although very little of the exterior of the 17th-century building survives. [6] The building was re-faced in the 19th and 20th centuries. It consists of a suite of rooms, including the main hall, court and drawing rooms and a boardroom. [7]
The Custom House, on the north bank of the Thames in the City of London, is a building which was formerly used for the collection of customs duties.A custom house has been present in the area since the 14th century, and a building on its current site has been rebuilt on a number of occasions.
The design is based on two large dragon sculptures, 7 feet (210 cm) high, which were mounted above the entrance to the Coal Exchange on Lower Thames Street, [1] [2] designed by the City Architect, J. B. Bunning, and made by the London founder Dewer in 1849. The dragons were originally painted in a stone colour to match the building. [3]