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The address is 20 Lower Thames Street, EC3. Custom House is neighboured on the waterfront by Sugar Quay to the east and Old Billingsgate Market to the west.
Despite campaigns and protests, it was demolished in November 1962 to make way for a "vital" widening of Lower Thames Street. The demolition of the Coal Exchange was described by author Hermione Hobhouse as "one of the great conservationist horror stories" and its loss has been compared to the demolition of the Adelphi in 1936 and of Euston ...
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.
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]
Bunning's 1852 Billingsgate Market building, which lasted for about 20 years before being redeveloped. Colour photo of Billingsgate Market, about 1908 Billingsgate Wharf, close to Lower Thames Street , became the centre of a fish market during the 16th and 17th centuries but did not become formally established until the Billingsgate, etc. Act ...
The first Billingsgate Market building was constructed on Lower Thames Street in 1850 by the builder John Jay, and the fish market was moved off the streets into its new riverside building. This was demolished in around 1873 and replaced by an arcaded market hall designed by City architect Horace Jones and built by John Mowlem & Co. in 1875 ...
While you might know Thames Street for Bowen’s Wharf, seafood restaurants and summer drinks, it’s also home to one of Newport’s prime shopping areas.
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.