Bank of England


A Topographical and Statistical description of the County of Middlesex, etc (1810) by George Alexander Cooke

Crossing the street in front of the Mansion House, and which is denominated Mansion House Street, we reach the National Bank of England, a most magnificent structure, likewise of Portland stone, the grand front of which towards Thread needle Street, extends to SO feet in length, and is of the ~\,lonic order, with a rustic basement. In it is situated a noble gateway, opening into the court-yard, and leading to the great hall ; this gateway is of the Corinthian order, and has a pediment in the centre, upon which is engraved in relievo the seal of the Bank Company ; this building is ornamented at the top with a balustrade and handsome vases. Within is the hall, a spacious apartment, measuring 79 feet, by 40, and having a statue of William III. at its further end. The Rotunda, a large room in which the stock brokers transact their business, is among the apartments most deserving of notice. Occupying the space which divides the

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Quotations
 Chapter 14 
"You talked of expected horrors in London — and instead of instantly conceiving, as any rational creature would have done, that such words could relate only to a circulating library, she immediately pictured to herself a mob of three thousand men assembling in St. George’s Fields, the Bank attacked, the Tower threatened, the streets of London flowing with blood, a detachment of the Twelfth Light Dragoons (the hopes of the nation) called up from Northampton to quell the insurgents, and the gallant Captain Frederick Tilney, in the moment of charging at the head of his troop, knocked off his horse by a brickbat from an upper window. Forgive her stupidity. The fears of the sister have added to the weakness of the woman; but she is by no means a simpleton in general.”
 
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