the arched aperture with registers of framing mouldings flanked with twin square section turrets with spired roofs, the triangular pediment incised with the title of the City of London block "Mansion House Buildings", (the original carved heads of Gogmagog and Corinaeus now lacking, as is the ornamental carving to the top triangle, and the massive stone and granite jambs),

This grand doorcase centred the flank of the wedge shaped building that stood in the triangle formed by Victoria St and Poultry. It overlooked notable neighbours : The Mansion House and The Bank of England. It was controversially demolished to make way for James Stirling’s stripy building of 1997. Read the story of the attempts to save the building here.

More information about the carved heads that used to peer from the corners of this doorcase can be found here.