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My wife nominally works at 30 Fenchurch Street, although with a combination of maternity leave and the pandemic she hasn't set foot inside since June 2019.

She's upset that she's never made it to the roof terrace and has set it as an ambition for her return.
This is again a gem of a post, the Roman Baths look like a visit worth.
I spent a restful two hours in St Dunstan in the East back in 2017.
I will as normal make notes so I can get the best out of my next visit.
Down to the last two now! I've really enjoyed this series
I love these in-depth visits to areas I think I know well, only to discover I really don't!
Nice post – thank you. A couple of entirely random related points:

The old Billingsgate market, I have been told, was originally earmarked as the HQ of Japanese bank Nomura, but the cast-iron pillars that hold the building up had been filled with fishy icewater for many, many years and it proved impossible to eradicate the smell. So they had a new HQ built a little way up the river, while Billingsgate is used for short-lived events where nobody's there long enough to get sick of the Ghost of Victorian Haddock. This was told to me by the architect who built the new Nomura headquarters, so may actually be more than an apocryphal story.

And Minster Court (or Munster Court, as it's sometimes known) is showcased rather well as the HQ of Glenn Close's Cruella De Ville in the live-action Disney 101 Dalmations. The film was shot in London, and features several brilliant pieces of geographical dislocation where characters take physically impossible itineraries around London. Worth a watch for that alone (and Close's scenery-chewing villainess act, of course).
"From Kensington to Billingsgate, One hears the restless cries." It seems like an interesting riverside area.
That double line of railings with integral lighting fixtures is quite some installation - thanks for including that :-)
The Northern and Shell building (owned by Richard Desmond) also has several nice roof terraces, due to the way it was built with the staggered roof line. I was there for a software presentation once, and the view from the terrace (during the post presentation refreshments) was definitely the highlight of the morning!
It is true that St Dunstan in the East isn't so secret anymore, but it is still a gem, and well worth a visit.
>>signs in the shrubbery outside warn No Smoking, No Drinking and especially No Sitting.

Not that they can actually do anything if you did do any of these.
The ‘jagged granite walls’ of Minster Court are shown on the London Pavement Geology app as made of rock that is older than half the age of this planet.
No 1 Poultry on acid is a brilliant description and had me chuckling, as usual. Thanks for a lovely trot through the city in interesting chunks.
I was a low-grade admin in Custom House during the mid-90s. The Long Room looked a lot better than that back then and in general it was a wonderful building to work in. There was (undoubtedly past tense) a small but very ornate bar off the canteen which was only open at lunchtime and 5-7pm but was reputed to be one of Courage's (for that was the ale on tap) highest selling outlets in London.
It also enabled me to spend a lot of lunchtimes eating my sandwiches in the gardens of St Dunstans In The East, so I'm glad to know I was ahead of the hipsters at least once in my life.










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