Very Rare "Corporation of the City" London Cast Iron Balustrade
£ 2,550
Quantity in stock: 1
Very Rare "Corporation of the City" London Cast Iron Balustrade
The only remaining Section
From the Royal Coal Exchange
A piece of London History
This cast iron Coat of Arms from the City Corporation was one of many sections being part of the First Floor Balcony Balustrade of the “Coal Exchange” which was built opposite Billingsgate on the corner of St Mary at Hill 1889.
It was one of the first buildings in London to use Re enforced steel construction.
The Rope design representing the Ropes used in Coal Mine shaft lifts.
It had superb frescos and a mosaic floor of 4,000 pieces of wood representing a compass.
The Coat of Arms was rescued by Edward Holmes of the City Engineers Department when the building was demolished in the early 1960s for road widening.
- Business Name:Fenori CI (UK) Ltd
- Contact Name:Mark S Walter
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Location:
Surrey
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UK
Cattle Shed 1, Goldenlands Farm, Punch Bowl Lane, Dorking, RH5 4DX07770836457
07770836457 - Category: Architectural Metalwork
- Age: More than 50 years old
- Listing ID: 42350
- Stock code: COL22
- Date of listing: 6-05-2026
- Date last updated: 7-05-2026
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