The oldest part of the building was erected by the East India Company in 1725 on the site of: (a) House in Leadenhall Street and tenement in Lime Street adjoining its back gate, formerly occupied by Sir Henry Garway and by Thomas Atkins, Alderman., purchased in 1709 from th...
The East India Company received rent for 3, 4 and 5 Leadenhall Market in the early years of the nineteenth century because of an agreement made with the City of London.
House in Lime Street belonging to the parish of St Andrew Undershaft and leased to the East India Company in 1722. The property was demolished before the expiry of the lease and the site was used for part of East India House.
29 Crutched Friars stood to the east of the part of the warehouse erected in 1787: the East India Company purchased the lease from George Whitlock in 1790 for £100 and the freehold from Dr William Dobbin and his son in 1796 for £700.
[1] Stephen Ludlow of Hythe Hill Cardiganshire, gentleman [2] William Shairp of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Major in the Marines, and his wife Ann Bromley [3] John Hutchins of Chapel Street Westminster, wheelwright, and Jonathan Hutchins of Piccadilly Mi...