In 1858 the powers and duties of the East India Company were transferred to the Crown and in September the first Secretary of State for India moved into East India House. Whilst awaiting the completion of the new India Office being built at Whitehall, the Secretary of State moved in the autumn of...
House on south side of Leadenhall Street, formerly three houses occupied by Richard Hatt, James Sharp and William Keale. Unexpired term of James Sharp's lease on the entire property was purchased by the East India Company in 1792 from his executors for £2,500. Freehold purchased by the East India...
House in Leadenhall Street adjoining East India House to the east, occupied by Joseph Swift, trunk maker, purchased by the East India Company in 1796 from John Goldsborough Ravenshaw.
12 Leadenhall Street, adjoining the opening to the west of East India House, purchased from the Cock family in 1857. The sale was first agreed in 1815 but was delayed because of difficulties with barring the entail on the property.
18 Leadenhall Street, formerly known as the Hoop and Griffin.
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(a) Unexpired term of lease purchased by the East India Company in April 1796 from Stephen Todd for £6,000. (b) Freehold purchased by the East India Company in 1796 from William Beaumaurice Rush for £840.
House in Lime Street assigned by Giles Vincent to the East India Company in 1754, and purchased by the East India Company from Christ's Hospital in 1798 as part of a scheme to enlarge East India House and widen the northern end of Lime Street.
Swan alehouse at the corner of Leadenhall Street and Lime Street, and an adjoining house in Leadenhall Street, both purchased by the East India Company in November 1795 for £2,310 from John Willes and John Lodge. Unexpired term of lease purchased from James Probeart in October 1795 for £500.
Piece of ground in Lime Street acquired by the East India Company from the parish of St Andrew Undershaft in 1832 in exchange for the Sugar Loaf public house at 23 Great St Helen's. The ground was the site of a house bequeathed to the parish in 1676 by Thomas Buckford of London, grocer.