Bank of England Building

The Bank of England Building was designed by Charles Robert Cockerell and built in a Neoclassical style between 1845 and 1848. The building was constructed as one of three branch banks for the Bank of England in the mid-19th century.nThe building combines several neoclassical architectural styles, notably Greek, Roman and Renaissance. Despite only being three bays wide and seven bays deep, the building’s design was seen to give it an “overwhelmingly massive and powerful” appearance. The building is regarded as one of Cockerell’s most impressive and was described by Nikolaus Pevsner as a “masterpiece of Victorian architecture”.