Royal Insurance Building, London
| Royal Insurance Building | |
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 Royal Insurance Building | |
Interactive map of the Royal Insurance Building area | |
General information | |
| Type | Office |
Architectural style | Neoclassical |
| Location | London, England |
| Coordinates | 51°30′48″N 0°05′18″W / 51.513207°N 0.088319°W |
Completed | 1905 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | John Macvicar Anderson |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
Official name | 82, LOMBARD STREET EC3, 1, CORNHILL EC3 |
| Designated | 05 June 1972 |
| Reference no. | 1286711 |
The Royal Insurance Building or 1 Cornhill is a Grade II listed Edwardian office building in the City of London. Built for the Liverpool & London & Globe Insurance company. It occupies a prominent triangular plot overlooking Bank Junction, between Cornhill and Lombard Street.[1]
History and description
The Liverpool Fire & Life Insurance was founded in 1836 in Liverpool. In the 1850s and 60s the company acquired a number of regional insurers. Notably among them was the acquisition of the Globe Insurance Company of London in 1864, giving both the final name and the premises at No. 1 Cornhilll. The current building was constructed in 1905 as the headquarters for the company, designed by John Macvicar Anderson in a Neoclassical style.[2][3]
The Liverpool & London & Globe Insurance was later acquired by Royal Insurance in 1919, who would move into the building at No. 1 Cornhill and remain their until merging with Sun Alliance in 1996. The building was refurbished between 1978 and 1979 by Howard Lobb, Ratcliffe, Leather & Partners.[2]
The building is built of Portland stone in the Ionic order. The dome on the south-west corner extending into Bank Junction a significant accent to the space.[2] The interior contains a large former banking hall with marble columns and walling.[4][5]
References
- ↑ "82, LOMBARD STREET EC3, 1, CORNHILL EC3, Non Civil Parish - 1286711 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 2026-08-19.
- 1 2 3 Bradley, Simon; Pevsner, Nikolaus, eds. (2002). The City of London (1. publ. by Yale Univ. Press ed.). Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 447–448. ISBN 978-0-300-09624-8.
- ↑ Gray, A. Stuart (1985). Edwardian Architecture: A Biographical Dictionary. London: Wordsworth Editions. p. 89. ISBN 0-7156-2141-6.
- ↑ "Is Neoclassicism the Vernacular Architecture of the City of London?". SAHGB. Retrieved 2026-08-19.
- ↑ "1 Cornhill: A Bespoke City of London Workspace in EC3 | Argyll". Argyll. Archived from the original on 2026-04-14. Retrieved 2026-08-19.