FLEET STREET
City of London

Fletcher Crane Architects were engaged in the refurbishment and facade restoration of 187 Fleet Street - a Grade II listed former bank - in the heart of the City of London. Adjoining St Dunstan-in-the-West Church, the building, constructed in 1834, sits as part of the historic fabric of Fleet Street. Internally, the building has been refurbished to a high quality CAT A+ office space whilst preserving the ornate fabric.

The facade refurbishment works included the cleaning and repairing of various elements including; the Gault brickwork, the Portland stone, the bowed oriel windows, the moulded friezes and lead entrance pediment. Stone balustrades and decorative elements which adorn the parapets of the mansard were also refurbished. These balustrades, featuring intermediate pilasters and coping stones with ornate finials, also include intricately carved lions. Away from the facade, at roof level, M+E equipment has been carefully re-housed in a slatted contemporary timber structure.