Somerset Stonemasons re-open a door for HSBC in London's Leadenhall Street

21st June 2005

Historic bank entrance is renewed by traditional stone-carvers

Somerset stonemasons have helped one of Britain’s biggest banks, HSBC, to restore a doorway onto the City of London’s, Leadenhall Street.

Working from historic drawings, the craftsmen at Wells Cathedral Stonemasons, in Cheddar, have recreated the archway for a formerly disused door to HSBC’s Leadenhall Street building.

Master mason, and Operations Director at the Cheddar company, Ryan Brunt, took personal responsibility for carving a recreation of the key-stone, featuring the original Midland Bank identity.

"This was a matter of professional pride," said Mr Brunt. "We had a drawing of the original lettering, which I used to carve the new key-stone."