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Threadneedles, Autograph Collection
London, United Kingdom · Autograph Collection · Core Luxury
The City Bank's 1856 palazzo by William and Andrew Moseley, Grade II, opposite the Bank of England: Threadneedles became a hotel in 2002, Autograph in 2013, now YTL. Seventy-four rooms. The old banking hall is the bar under a 19th-century stained-glass dome. Chubb gold vaults had to be cut out of the basement. First luxury hotel in the Square Mile when it opened. Bonds is the restaurant.
- 74 rooms
- Opened 2002
- Neighborhood: City of London
- Architect: William Mosely and Andrew Moseley
About Threadneedles, Autograph Collection
- Eton Collection spent about 21 million pounds on the conversion under a Merchant Taylors' Company lease. Peter Tyrie opened it.
- Address 5 Threadneedle Street, EC2R 8AY. Finch Lane elevation added 1909. Oldest surviving joint-stock bank premises in the City.
- Merged into London, City and Midland Bank in 1898; this was Midland's London office until Poultry was finished.
History
Built 1855-56 as City Bank HQ by W. & A. Moseley, Grade II listed 1972. Hotel conversion 2002 (Eton Collection). Autograph Collection 2013. YTL Hotels later owner. 74 rooms. Stained-glass dome over the former banking hall.
The setting
5 Threadneedle Street, City of London, opposite the Bank of England.
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