The curtain wall of the east side of Bank of England along Bartholomew Lane, built in 1797 to designs by John Soane (with the blind windows added in 1805). Beyond is the old building of the Royal Exchange, which would be destroyed by fire in 1838. The Royal Exchange's wooden tower and front entrance on Cornhill had been rebuilt in stone between 1820 and 1826 to a new design by George Smith.