Cornhill · the City of London
The Counting House
A Victorian banking hall turned Fuller's pub, under a stained-glass dome
- Address50 Cornhill, City of London, London EC3V 3PD
- Websitethe-counting-house.com
- OwnershipPart of Fuller's
About The Counting House
A Grade II-listed former bank on Cornhill, converted by Fuller's in 1997 and keeping its dome, alabaster walls and mosaic floor.
Now a Fuller's pub, 50 Cornhill was built in 1891-93 as a banking hall for the private bankers Prescott, Dimsdale, Cave, Tugwell and Co, to designs by Henry Cowell Boyes, and is Grade II listed. Fuller's opened it as a pub in 1997, and CAMRA rates the result an outstanding conversion and restoration. A stained-glass dome, Derbyshire alabaster walls and a marble mosaic floor survive from the banking days, and the vestibule holds a bronze First World War memorial to the bank's staff, thought to be the only one in a pub. Part of the building sits on the wall of a Roman basilica.
On tap
Fuller's London Pride, ESB and Gale's Seafarers on cask, plus a changing guest ale.
Food
Food is served all day, with a gallery restaurant upstairs.
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