| For the first forty years of its
life the Bank rented premises to carry on its business,
firstly, in the hall of the Mercers' Company in
Cheapside and moving in January 1695 to the larger
premises of the Grocers' Company in Princes Street.
In 1734 it moved to purpose-built premises in Threadneedle
Street which were approximately 80 feet wide (25m)
and 300 feet (90m) long. Over the next one hundred
years the site was gradually extended until by 1828
the current outline was achieved.
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