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Mappin & Webb Building

1871 establishments in EnglandBuildings and structures demolished in 1994Demolished buildings and structures in the City of LondonFormer listed buildings in EnglandOffice buildings completed in 1871
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The Mappin and Webb building, London (as was) geograph.org.uk 1229496
The Mappin and Webb building, London (as was) geograph.org.uk 1229496

The Mappin & Webb Building was a Grade II listed building that stood where Queen Victoria Street and Poultry meet near Bank Junction in the City of London from. It stood from its construction in 1871 to its demolition in 1994, alongside eight or nine other listed buildings to make way for the office building No. 1 Poultry. Of the buildings cleared to make way, it is often considered to be the most significant loss.

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