Leadenhall Street

{{Short description|Street in the City of London, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2014}} {{Use British English|date=November 2014}} __NOTOC__ [[File:London - Leadenhall Building (1).jpg|thumb|Leadenhall Street from Whittington Avenue in 2016]]

'''Leadenhall Street''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|l|ɛ|d|ən|ˌ|h|ɔː|l}}) is a street in the [[City of London]]. It is about {{convert|1/3|mile|km|-long|adj=mid}} and links [[Cornhill, London|Cornhill]] in the west to [[Aldgate]] in the east. It was formerly the start of the [[A11 road (England)|A11 road]] from [[London]] to [[Norwich]], but that route now starts further east at Aldgate.

Leadenhall Street has always been a centre of commerce. It connected the medieval market of Leaden Hall with Aldgate, the eastern gate in the Roman city wall. The [[East India Company]] had its headquarters there, as later did [[P&O]]. By the mid 20th century, grand stone-faced offices lined the street.<ref name ="Pevsner">{{Cite book|last=Bradley|first=Simon|title=The Buildings of England, London 1: The City of London|last2=Pevsner|first2=Nikolaus|publisher=[[Yale University Press]]|year=2002|location=New Haven and London|pages=529–532}}</ref> Today it is closely associated with the insurance industry and particularly the Lloyd's insurance market, with its dramatic building in the adjacent Lime Street. It forms part of a cluster of tall buildings including the 48-storey [[122 Leadenhall Street]] and the 38-storey [[The Scalpel|Scalpel]]. Other buildings planned for the street include the 57-storey [[100 Leadenhall]], the 50-storey Prussian Blue and the 34-storey Gotham City.<ref>{{Cite web|title=City Corporation releases new images of future skyline|url=https://news.cityoflondon.gov.uk/city-corporation-releases-new-images-of-future-skyline/|website=City of London|access-date=2020-08-03}}</ref> Older buildings like the medieval church of [[St Katherine Cree]] seem incongruous among these towers, but the medieval heritage is preserved in the narrow slightly curving street and dense commercial activity.

==History== [[File:Leadenhall Street J Hopkins.jpg|thumb|Leadenhall Street {{circa}}1837 looking east past East India House (engraving after [[Thomas H. Shepherd]])]] [[File:London Leadenhall Street geograph-3066370-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg|thumb|Leadenhall Street looking east from Bishopsgate in 1955]] [[File:Leadenhall Street - geograph.org.uk - 1164889.jpg|thumb|Leadenhall Street looking east from St Mary Axe in 2007]] Although Leadenhall Street is within the walls of Roman [[Londinium]], and a map published in 1897 showed it as a Roman street,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mapco.net/london/0190romanlondon.htm|title=Plan Of Roman London - Post AD190|publisher=Mapco|access-date=2020-08-02}}</ref> this remains speculative. The [[basilica]], the largest building in Londinium, extended beneath the western end of Leadenhall Street.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.heritagedaily.com/2017/12/roman-londinium-interactive-map/115807|title=Roman Londinium - Interactive Map|publisher=HeritageDaily|access-date=2020-08-02|archive-date=15 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200815021502/https://www.heritagedaily.com/2017/12/roman-londinium-interactive-map/115807|url-status=dead}}</ref> Roman remains have also been found on both sides of Leadenhall Street, beneath [[East India House]] (now No 12) and the P&O Building (now St Helen's Square).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/rchme/london/vol3/pp106-145|title=Inventory of Roman London: Structures within the walls|publisher=British History Online|access-date=2020-08-02}}</ref>

The street probably originated in the [[Middle Ages|medieval period]]. It appears in a map of London in 1270,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.layersoflondon.org/map?layer=medieval-london-1270-1300&layers=true|title=Medieval London, 1270 - 1300|publisher=Layers of London|access-date=2020-08-03}}</ref> then named Cornhulle in the west and Alegatestrete in the east. The name derives from a lead-roofed mansion, first used as a poultry market in 1321.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.leadenhallmarket.co.uk/heritage/|title=Heritage|publisher=Leadenhall Market|access-date=2020-08-02}}</ref> The street runs from this Leaden Hall towards Aldgate, the eastern gate of the city wall. The only remaining buildings from this period are the churches of [[St Katherine Cree]] and [[St Andrew Undershaft]] in the adjacent street of [[St Mary Axe]].

The name "Ledenhall Street" first appears on a map from 1658.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.layersoflondon.org/map?layer=faithorne-and-newcourt-map-1658&layers=true|title=W. Faithorne and R. Newcourt Map (1658)|publisher=Layers of London|access-date=2020-08-03}}</ref> In the [[Great Fire of London]] in 1666, the north-eastern edge of the damaged area reached [[Leadenhall Market]], leaving Leadenhall Street itself intact.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/assets/Things-to-do/great-fire-walk.pdf|title=The Great Fire of London|publisher=City of London|access-date=2020-08-02}}</ref>

From 1729 to 1861 the largest building in the street was [[East India House]], the headquarters of the [[East India Company]]. In 1840 Leadenhall Street comprised mainly 4-storey stone buildings, as shown in a pictorial record by [[John Tallis]]. Its business directory lists 158 separate premises with a wide variety of trades and merchants.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cgpublishing.com/Godwin/TALLIS.html|title=John Tallis's London Street Views|publisher=CG Publishing|access-date=2020-08-02}}</ref> Apart from [[St Katherine Cree]], there are no survivors from this period. The oldest is the former [[Leadenhall Press]] building (No 50) from 1868.

In the [[Victorian era]], merchants were progressively replaced by banks, typically sturdy 6-storey stone buildings. Notable survivors include [[Lloyds Bank]] (No 113), the former [[Bank of Adelaide]] (No 11), the former [[Grace National Bank|Grace & Co]] (No 147) and the [[Lutyens]] designed No 139.

Bomb damage during [[World War II]] mainly affected the south side of Leadenhall Street to the east of Lime Street (No 26 to 49).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.layersoflondon.org/map/collections/131?layer=bomb-damage-1945&layers=true|title=Bomb Damage (1945)|publisher=Layers of London|access-date=2020-08-02}}</ref> Early post-war reconstruction matched the height of existing buildings, while introducing [[modern architecture|modern]] styles such as the former [[Skandinaviska Banken|Scandinavian Bank]] (No 36) and the former [[Bank of Credit and Commerce International]] (No 100). In the late 1980s, the former [[Midland Bank]] (No 69) and the former [[Swiss Re|Swiss Re House]] (No 77) introduced the [[postmodern architecture|post-modern]] style.

Today Leadenhall Street is closely associated with the insurance industry and particularly the [[Lloyd’s of London|Lloyd's]] insurance market, which occupied No 12 from 1928 to 1958, and has since been based in the adjacent Lime Street. The 14-storey [[Lloyd's building]], completed in 1986, started a trend for dramatic architecture in the area.

Tall buildings on Leadenhall Street are constrained by the [[protected view]] of [[St Paul's Cathedral]] from Fleet Street.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/services/planning/planning-policy/protected-views-and-tall-buildings|title=Protected views and tall buildings|publisher=City of London|access-date=2020-08-02|archive-date=1 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221101182326/https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/services/planning/planning-policy/protected-views-and-tall-buildings|url-status=dead}}</ref> To avoiding impinging on this view, the 48-storey [[122 Leadenhall Street|Leadenhall Building]] (No 122) adopted a distinctive sloping profile, known as The Cheesegrater, while [[The Scalpel]], a 38-storey building across the street (52 Lime Street), slopes in the opposite direction. Other buildings being developed, including the 57-storey [[100 Leadenhall]] and the 50-storey Prussian Blue on the corner with Bishopsgate, will fill in the gaps in this cluster of buildings.

==Buildings== ===South side===

Starts at: [[Gracechurch Street]]

'''[[1 Leadenhall Street|One Leadenhall]]''' – a 36-storey office building, including a 5-storey base with a grid of pre-cast concrete and glass panels, and a recessed glass tower above, designed by [[Make Architects]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Leadenhall Court 1 Leadenhall Street London EC3V 1AB |url=https://www.planning2.cityoflondon.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=documents&keyVal=OCD5XDFH02O00 |website=Planning Application Documents |publisher=City of London |access-date=19 August 2020}}</ref> Construction started in 2021. The site was part of the Roman basilica in the 2nd century, and was occupied by the original Leaden Hall, first recorded in 1309.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Thornbury |first1=Walter |title=Leadenhall Street and the Old East India House |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/old-new-london/vol2/pp183-194 |website=British History Online |access-date=19 August 2020}}</ref>

Side street: Whittington Avenue leading to [[Leadenhall Market]].

'''7-10 Leadenhall Street''' – a 6-storey office building, built in 1924–1927.<ref name = "Pevsner"/> It was the head office of [[Friends Provident]] during 1929–1957.<ref>{{cite web |title=Friends Provident Life Office |url=https://heritage.aviva.com/our-history/companies/f/friends-provident-life-office/ |website=Our History |publisher=Aviva |access-date=19 August 2019}}</ref> It was occupied by the Iraqi [[Rafidain Bank]] until it went into liquidation in 2008.<ref>{{cite web |title=7-10 Leadenhall Street |url=https://www.buildington.co.uk/london-ec3/7-10-leadenhall-street/7-10-leadenhall-street/id/1700 |publisher=Buildington |access-date=19 August 2020}}</ref> The building was acquired shortly after by the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs, initially used as a Commercial Attaché to its main embassy in Kensington. The Ministry still retains the freehold interest in the property, although the building has been vacant for a number of years. The building was briefly taken over by the [[Occupy London]] movement in January 2012.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Story of Occupy London's Short-Lived Iraq Bank of Ideas |url=http://www.tmponline.org/2012/01/30/iraq-bank-ideas/ |website=The Multicultural Politic |access-date=19 August 2020}}</ref>

'''11 Leadenhall Street''' – a 6-storey 3-bay office building, built in 1912 for the [[Bank of Adelaide]].<ref name = "Pevsner"/> It was later occupied by the [[NatWest|National Westminster Bank]].

[[File:London - The Lloyd's building (1).jpg|thumb|The arch of the former Lloyd's Building at 12 Leadenhall Street, with the current building behind, in 2016]] '''12 Leadenhall Street''' – a stone arch is all that remains of the former Lloyd's Building, which was built in 1928 and demolished in 1979. The arch was designed by [[Edwin Cooper (architect)|Sir Edwin Cooper]] in 1922 as a war memorial for the Lloyd's Rooms at the [[Royal Exchange, London|Royal Exchange]], and moved to Leadenhall Street in 1928. From 1729 to 1861 this site was occupied by [[East India House]].<ref>{{cite web |title=East India Company headquarters on Leadenhall Street |url=https://blogs.bl.uk/asian-and-african/2017/01/east-india-company-headquarters-on-leadenhall-street.html |website=Asian and African studies blog |publisher=British Library |access-date=19 August 2020}}</ref>

'''[[Lloyd’s Building|Lloyd's of London]]''', 1 Lime Street – a 14-storey office building designed by [[Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners|Richard Rogers Partnership]] and built in 1978-86 for the insurance market, [[Lloyd’s of London|Lloyd's of London]]. The building exemplifies the [[high-tech architecture|high-tech]] style, and is distinctive in having services such as staircases, lifts, ducts, electrical conduits and water pipes on the outside, with the aim of creating a flexible uncluttered space inside. It was the youngest structure to obtain [[listed building|Grade I listing]].

Side street: Lime Street

'''[[The Scalpel]]''', 52 Lime Street – a 38-storey office building designed by [[Kohn Pedersen Fox]] and built in 2013–2018 as the European headquarters of the insurance company [[W. R. Berkley Corporation|W R Berkley]]. The building consists of a series of triangular planes of partially reflective glass with bright metallic fold lines.<ref>{{cite web |title=52 Lime Street |url=https://www.kpf.com/projects/52-lime-street |publisher=KPF |access-date=19 August 2020}}</ref>

'''36-38 Leadenhall Street''' – a 9-storey office building designed by [[Yorke Rosenberg Mardall|Yorke, Rosenberg & Mardall]] and built in 1970–1973 for the [[Skandinaviska Banken|Scandinavian Bank]]. It was built in a [[Chicago school (architecture)|Chicago]]-derived flush-fronted style, with uniform floors and piers of polished yellow-brown stone, flush smoked-glass bands, and sharp mitred glass joints on the Billiter Street corner.<ref name = "Pevsner"/>

Side street: Billiter Street

'''[[40 Leadenhall Street]]''' – a 34-storey office and retail development, designed by [[Make Architects]] and built in 2020–2023. The site between Leadenhall Street and Fenchurch Street, surrounding the Grade II listed 19-21 Billiter Street, comprises a series of vertical slices from 14 to 34 storeys, nicknamed "Gotham City".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Steed |first1=Leila |title='Gotham City' to be built in London |url=https://www.khl.com/construction-europe/gotham-city-to-be-built-in-london/140590.article |website=Construction Europe |publisher=KHL |access-date=19 August 2020}}</ref> The north façade has floor to ceiling glazing with flush back-painted glass panels across the floor slabs, creating a smooth wall of glass, within a perimeter metal frame.<ref>{{cite book |title=40 Leadenhall Street Design and Access Statement |date=2013 |publisher=Make Architects and David Bonnett Associates}}</ref> The site was previously occupied by the Institute of London Underwriters.

'''50 Leadenhall Street''' – a 3-bay, 5-storey office building. From 1868 to 1905 it was the home of the [[Leadenhall Press]].

[[File:Tylers' and Bricklayers' Hall - 52-54 Leadenhall Street London EC3A 2AD.jpg|thumb|The Hallmark Building, 52-56 Leadenhall Street, in 2016]] '''Hallmark Building''', 52-56 Leadenhall Street – a 12-bay, 7-storey office building in the [[Beaux-Arts architecture|Beaux-Arts]] style designed by [[Marcus Evelyn Collins|M.E. Collins]] & L.S. Sullivan and built in 1919–1921.<ref name = "Pevsner"/> It was previously known as Furness House, and occupied by the [[London Metal Exchange]]. The site was occupied by the Tylers' and Bricklayers' Hall from 1538 to 1833.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tylers' and Bricklayers' Hall |url=http://www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk/page2106.htm |website=Plaques of London |access-date=25 August 2020}}</ref>

'''65 Leadenhall Street''' – a 5-bay, 7-storey office building designed by A.H. Kersey and Richardson & Gill and built in 1922 in yellow sandstone.<ref name = "Pevsner"/>

'''Landmark House''', 69 Leadenhall Street and 94-95 Fenchurch Street – a 7-storey office building in the [[postmodern architecture|post-modern]] style designed by [[Farrells|Terry Farrell Partnership]] and built in 1986-87 for the Midland Bank.<ref name = "Pevsner"/> The corner location is emphasised by a drum entrance and a glazed turret above containing a boardroom. The side elevations are in coloured granite with alternating layers on the lower floors.

In front of Landmark House is the [[Aldgate Pump]], a Grade-II listed 18th Century water pump.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pump at Junction with Leadenhall Street and Fenchurch Street |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1064733 |publisher=Historic England |access-date=19 August 2020}}</ref>

Ends at: [[Fenchurch Street]]

===North side===

Starts at: Mitre Street

'''77 Leadenhall Street''' – a 7-storey office building in the [[postmodern architecture|post-modern]] style designed by [[GMW Architects]] and built in 1986–87 for [[Swiss Re]].<ref name = "Pevsner"/> The site was once part of the [[Holy Trinity Priory]], which was dissolved in 1532 and mainly demolished, although a fragment remains inside the modern building.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Inwood |first1=Stephen |title=Historic London: An Explorer's Companion |date=2008 |publisher=Pan Macmillan}}</ref>

'''78 Leadenhall Street''' – a 7-storey office building in the [[postmodern architecture|post-modern]] style designed by Ley, Colbeck & Partners and built in 1989–1991.<ref name = "Pevsner"/>

'''80 Leadenhall Street''' – a 7-storey office building designed by Hamilton Associates and built in 1988–1990.<ref name = "Pevsner"/>

[[File:St Katharine Cree, Leadenhall Street, London EC3 - geograph.org.uk - 1078636.jpg|thumb|St Katherine Cree in 2008]] '''[[St Katherine Cree]]''' – an Anglican church, founded in 1280. The tower is from c1504, with a cupola and doorcase from 1776. The church itself was built in 1628–1631, using squared ragstone on the foundations of the previous building, still visible on the south wall facing Leadenhall Street.<ref name = "Pevsner"/> The church is Grade I listed.<ref>{{cite web |title=Church of St Katherine Cree |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1064627 |publisher=Historic England |access-date=25 August 2020}}</ref>

Side street: Creechurch Lane

'''88 Leadenhall Street''' – a 7-storey office building designed by [[Fitzroy Robinson & Partners]] and completed in 1999. It is clad in limestone, granite and brick.<ref>{{cite web |title=Leadenhall Doors Open |url=https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/home/leadenhall-doors-open/774216.article?v=1 |publisher=Architects Journal |access-date=25 August 2020 |date=7 October 1999}}</ref> The design references the [[art deco]] style Cunard House, built on the site in the 1930s.<ref>{{cite web |title=88 Leadenhall Street |url=https://www.newtonperkins.com/article/442/88-leadenhall-street-an-attractive-office-space-to-rent |publisher=Newton Perkins |access-date=25 August 2020}}</ref>

'''100 Leadenhall Street''' – a 7-storey office building designed by [[Fitzroy Robinson & Partners]] and built in 1971–1975.<ref name = "Pevsner"/> It was the UK headquarters of the [[Bank of Credit and Commerce International]], which was liquidated in 1991 after widespread fraud and money laundering. The building was reclad in glass and stone in 2002 as part of a refurbishment programme designed by Rolfe Judd Architects. It will be redeveloped as a 57-storey building designed by [[Skidmore, Owings & Merrill|SOM]]. It will have an angled façade with diamond pattern glazing,<ref name="SOM">{{cite web |last1=Dunton |first1=Jim |title=SOM lodges plans for 'Cheesegrater 2' tower |url=https://www.bdonline.co.uk/som-lodges-plans-for-cheesegrater-2-tower/5092600.article |publisher=bdonline |access-date=25 August 2020 |date=16 March 2018}}</ref> and has been nicknamed [[100 Leadenhall|"The Diamond"]].

'''106 Leadenhall Street''' – a 6-storey office building in the [[art deco]] style designed by Joseph Architects and Surveyors and built in 1924. It has 3 giant bronze-spandrelled windows framed by Portland stone [[pilaster|pilasters]], with a projecting stone [[cornice]] above.<ref name = "SOM"/> It will be demolished as part of the 100 Leadenhall Street redevelopment.

'''Bankside House''', 107 Leadenhall Street – a 7-storey office building built in 1931 by Bankside Investment Trust.<ref name = "SOM"/> It is built in Portland stone with deeply modelled classical features, in two sections stepping down towards [[St Andrew Undershaft]] church.<ref>{{cite web |title=100, 106 & 107 Leadenhall Street London EC3A 3BP |url=https://democracy.cityoflondon.gov.uk/documents/s98627/18-00152-FULEIA%20Committee%20Report.pdf |publisher=City of London |access-date=25 August 2020 |date=10 July 2018}}</ref> It will be demolished as part of the 100 Leadenhall Street redevelopment.

'''Lloyd's Bank''', 113-116 Leadenhall Street – a 5-storey [[Victorian era|Victorian]] bank designed by E. B. Ellis and built in 1891.<ref name = "Pevsner"/>

Side street: [[St Mary Axe]]

'''St Helen's Square''' – a public space at the junction of Leadenhall Street and St Mary Axe, between the Leadenhall Building and [[St Andrew Undershaft]], named after nearby [[St Helen's Church, Bishopsgate|St Helen's church]]. The piazza was created in 1963 by the demolition of the P&O building (No 122), to enable the construction of the 10-storey Indosuez House and the 28-storey [[St. Helen's (skyscraper)|Commercial Union building]]. The piazza was refurbished in 2019.<ref>{{cite web |title=St Helen's Square |url=https://www.gillespies.co.uk/projects/st-helens-square |publisher=Gillespies |access-date=25 August 2020}}</ref>

[[File:The Leadenhall Building (27756937685).jpg|thumb|The Leadenhall Building from St Helen's Square in 2016]] '''Leadenhall Building''', [[122 Leadenhall Street]] – a 48-storey office building designed by [[Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners]], built during 2011–2014, and known as "The Cheesegrater". The steel ladder frame is visible through the glass façade and exposed in the atrium at the base. 122 Leadenhall Street was formerly the Kings Arms Inn and Hotel. It became the head office of [[P&O]] in 1848.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Old Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company |url=http://www.pandosnco.co.uk/buildings.html |access-date=25 August 2020}}</ref> P&O demolished adjacent residential properties at 123-125 Leadenhall Street to create a new office in 1854. A new 10-storey P&O tower (later Indosuez House), was completed in 1969. The building was damaged by an [[Provisional Irish Republican Army|IRA]] bomb in 1992 and demolished in 2007. A relic of the P&O building, a sculpture of Navigation, is now sited on the east wall of No 139-144.<ref name = "Pevsner"/>

[[File:139-147 Leadenhall Street (geograph 2557537).jpg|thumb|139-147 Leadenhall Street in 2011]] '''139-144 Leadenhall Street''' – a 7-bay 5-storey bank with an elevation by [[Lutyens]] on a building designed by Whinney, Son & Austen Hall, built in 1929–31,<ref name = "Pevsner"/> now Grade II listed. The [[Portland stone]] front includes an [[arcade (architecture)|arcaded]] ground floor that opens to a vaulted lobby, a [[mezzanine]] with arched windows with curved sills, a second floor with [[pediment]]ed windows, two plain storeys above, and [[pavilion|end-pavilions]] in front of a two-storeyed attic.<ref>{{cite web |title=139-144, Leadenhall Street, EC3 |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1359207 |publisher=Historic England |access-date=25 August 2020}}</ref>

'''St Andrews House''', 145-146 Leadenhall Street – a 3-bay 5-storey bank designed by William Nimmo & Partners, built in 1989–1992.<ref name = "Pevsner"/> It copies proportions and details from No 139-144 next door.

'''Grace Hall''', 147-148 Leadenhall Street – a 3-bay 4-storey bank building designed by J W O'Connor and built in 1926–27 for the New York bank Grace & Co. It is now a Grade II listed private events venue.<ref>{{cite web |title=Our history |url=https://gracehalllondon.com/our-history/ |publisher=Grace Hall London |access-date=25 August 2020}}</ref> It is built in [[Portland stone]], with a [[pediment]]ed entrance to the banking hall, and an arch that extends into the [[mezzanine]] floor. Above are 3 floors with recessed [[sash window]]s with original wood frames and glazing bars.<ref>{{cite web |title=147 and 148, Leadenhall Street |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1252039 |publisher=Historic England |access-date=25 August 2020}}</ref>

[[File:Bacchus, Roman God of wine, mosaic pavement, Roman Wellcome L0038366.jpg|thumb|Lithographic illustration showing a Roman tessallated pavement discovered in Leadenhall Street in 1803]] '''6-8 Bishopsgate''' – this site, which includes the former 150 Leadenhall Street, will be a 50-storey mixed-use tower designed by [[WilkinsonEyre]], originally known as "Prussian Blue". The design comprises a series of stacked blocks, differentiated by variations in glazing and aluminium fins, and by cantilevering the upper block. The corner building will be an 11-storey stone-clad block with deeply recessed openings.<ref>{{cite web |title=6-8 Bishopsgate And 150 Leadenhall Street London EC3V 4QT |url=https://democracy.cityoflondon.gov.uk/documents/s84785/6-8%20Bishopsgate.pdf |publisher=City of London |access-date=25 August 2020 |date=3 October 2017}}</ref>

Ends at: [[Bishopsgate]]

==Cultural references==

The Leadenhall Street Mosaic is a [[Romano-British]] [[mosaic]] pavement from the first or second century depicting [[Bacchus]] astride a tigress. It was discovered during building work on [[East India House]]. The surviving pieces have been in the [[British Museum]] since 1880.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_OA-290|title=mosaic pavement|publisher=British Museum|access-date=2020-08-02}}</ref>

One of the first telephone exchanges in London was installed at 101 Leadenhall Street in 1879.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishtelephones.com/histuk.htm|title=UK telephone history|access-date=2020-08-02}}</ref>

The [[122 Leadenhall Street|Leadenhall Building]] (No. 122) is used as the venue for the [[BBC]]'s ''[[The Apprentice (British TV series)|The Apprentice]]'' interviews.

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==External links== * {{Commons category-inline|Leadenhall Street}}

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