{"title":"Great Swan Alley","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"goad-london-64-ec2-moorgate-london-wall-lothbury-copthall-avenue-1937-1969-map-p-9-001124","title":"Goad London 64—EC2—Moorgate—London Wall—Lothbury—Copthall Avenue 1937 (1969) map","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eCharles Goad Insurance Plan of London, sheet 64 [Moorgate, London Wall, Lothbury and Copthall Avenue]\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eGoad's fire insurance plan of London, sheet 64, covers Moorgate, Lothbury and Copthall Avenue (EC2), catching the National Provincial Bank and the Westminster Bank still named separately, months before they merged as National Westminster Bank on 1 January 1970. The Provincial Bank of Ireland, which had joined Allied Irish Banks in 1966, also appears on the sheet, as do the Royal Bank of Canada and the Bank of Ceylon. The Institute of Chartered Accountants' extension at Great Swan Alley is marked under construction in August 1969. This is the sheet's latest dated correction, and one of the dated changes among the enlarged office blocks. The extension, William Whitfield's addition to Belcher's hall of 1890–93, opened in May 1970, and the Institute remains there. Wren's St Margaret Lothbury of 1686–90 is still a parish church. These working plans were drawn to assess property and fire risk, and they were kept current with pasted overlays recording changed uses, altered layouts, demolition and new building. The sheet was reissued in August 1937, with a 1949 copyright date, and key plans acquired with the group were corrected as late as October 1970 and March 1971. Other streets on the sheet include London Wall, Throgmorton Street, Throgmorton Avenue and Telegraph Street.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54371721511259,"sku":"P-9-001124","price":200.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0923\/9583\/1643\/files\/P-9-001124a_21f87363-9b61-48c3-a474-9a9b1d685cb8.jpg?v=1792149035"},{"product_id":"goad-london-20-ec2-moorgate-basinghall-king-coleman-streets-1961-1970-map-p-9-001191","title":"Goad London 20—EC2—Moorgate—Basinghall, King \u0026 Coleman Streets 1961 (1970) map","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eCharles Goad Insurance Plan of London, sheet 20 [Moorgate, Coleman Street, Basinghall Street and Gresham Street]\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eGoad's fire insurance plan of London, sheet 20, covers Moorgate and Basinghall Street (EC2), where the banks then occupied more than conventional offices. On the sheet, several floors of Westminster Bank's premises are labelled for computers, recording the footprint of early banking technology beside workshops, stores and service spaces. The bank itself had merged with National Provincial to trade as National Westminster Bank from 1 January 1970. Armourers' Hall has been on its Coleman Street site since 1346 and survived the Great Fire and the Blitz. Gresham College, which was here from 1842, later lectured at City University, the Barbican and Mercers' Hall before settling at Barnard's Inn in 1991. The sheet also names Barclays Bank, Lloyds Bank, Chase Manhattan Bank, Girdlers' Hall, Austral House, Princes House and the Mayor's and City of London Court. The plan was made to assess property and fire risk, and it was kept current with pasted slips as uses and buildings changed. Its latest dated correction, from November 1970, marks a building on Great Bell Alley as under construction. The sheet was resurveyed and reissued in November 1961, with a 1961 copyright date, and it belongs to a group whose key plans were still being corrected in October 1970 and March 1971. Other streets on the sheet include London Wall, Basinghall Avenue, Masons Avenue, Lothbury, Gresham Street and King Street.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54371755622747,"sku":"P-9-001191","price":220.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0923\/9583\/1643\/files\/P-9-001191a_60d91a08-8e11-44d6-b40c-2593c3bef492.jpg?v=1792149199"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.antiquemapsandprints.com\/fr\/collections\/great-swan-alley.oembed","provider":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}