Once home to the former
Commercial Union Assurance Company, this
building was apparently built in somewhat of
a hurry when work on the adjacent Lloyd's
building caused the building on this site to
collapse. The Pevsner Guide to The
City of London says that, "... Below
the pediment, the window surrounds
project to merge with the outer
mouldings of the fluted piers, a quirky
detail of the kind Webb Senior favoured
in the 1920s."
Above the pediment there are pairs of brackets
carved as seated lions.
The decorative panels between the windows are
described as being Graeco-Egyptian in style.
