Offices on Lombard Street: two floors at number 38

Lombard Street has dealt in money for the best part of seven centuries. The offices on Lombard Street available now are at number 38, a Grade II listed building with a classical Portland stone facade. Two floors are free, 2,037 sq ft between them.

How the street got its name

Edward I granted a plot here to merchants from Lombardy and the northern Italian cities, who arrived in London in numbers from the middle of the thirteenth century. They dealt in money, jewels and valuables, lent to English kings and insured shipping. By 1318 the street they traded on was recorded as Lombard Street.

Coffee houses and hanging signs

In 1691 Edward Lloyd moved his coffee house from Tower Street to a corner of Lombard Street and installed a pulpit, from which shipping news and auction prices were read. Lloyd's of London, Lloyd's List and Lloyd's Register all trace back to that room. A handful of painted signs still hang over the street, replicas put up in 1902 for the coronation of Edward VII, the Gresham grasshopper among them.

The space at number 38

The third floor is approximately 1,236 sq ft, open plan, with room for 12 desks, an eight-person meeting room, a phone booth and a tea point. The sixth floor is approximately 801 sq ft and L-shaped, with a private terrace of its own. Both have excellent natural light. Each floor is offered CAT A, and any deal includes a landlord-led fitout with a practical furniture solution and selected planting.

Fergus Findlay and Tom Boggis of bbg Real Estate London are handling enquiries, and the rest of the building is set out on the main 38 Lombard Street site.

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