South Sea House

South Sea House
   On the north side of Threadneedle Street at No.37, near its junction with Bishopsgate. In Broad Street Ward (P.O. Directory).
   First mention: Strype, ed. 1720.
   The original building seems to have occupied the back part of the present site, called the "Excise Office" in O. and M. 1677, and the "Old South Sea House" in Rocque 1746.
   The South Sea Company was incorporated in 1711, and the building was erected about that time for the purpose of the Company's business.
   It is called " the Baltic" in O.S. 1880.
   The premises have been remodelled (1900) and are now used as offices and for business purposes, the name being retained to commemorate the famous South Sea Company.

A Dictionary of London. . 1918.

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