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The Hall of Commerce was a building on Threadneedle Street in the City of London, originally as an exchange, before conversion to a bank and eventual demolition in 1922.
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The Hall of Commerce was a building on Threadneedle Street in the City of London, originally as an exchange, before conversion to a bank and eventual demolition in 1922.
The building was devised as Edward Moxhay, a shoemaker and biscuit-baker, who designed its French-inspired design himself. Built between 1842 and 1844 on the site of the chapel of St. Anthony's Hospital to rival the nearby Royal Exchange, finding little success however. It was supposed that this had come after a rejection of Moxhay's application to provide a new design for the Royal Exchange.
The building was converted into a bank in 1855, and in 1867, the Comptoir d’Escompte de Paris, a predecessor of BNP Paribas opened its first bank in Britain within the building.
The frieze Commerce Welcoming All Nations by Musgrave Watson adorned the facade, and was preserved and moved the Napier Street in Islington following the building's demolition. The site is now occupied by the Grade II* listed former Westminster Bank building.