Kinnaird House 1 Pall Mall East - London

I pass this building every day on my way to work.This building is situated at the junction of the Haymarket and Pall Mall East in central London and was designed by Arthur Bloomfield. Its a stone throw away from Trafalgar Square and the National Gallery.

Arthur Blomfield was educated at Rugby and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was then articled as an architect to Philip Charles Hardwick, and subsequently obtained a large practice on his own account. The young Thomas Hardy joined Blomfield's practice as assistant architect in April 1862, and the writer remained friends with Blomfield. He became president of the Architectural Association in 1861, and a fellow (1867) and vice-president (1886) of the Royal Institute of British Architects. In 1889, he was knighted.

In 1887 he became architect to the Bank of England, and designed the law courts branch in Fleet Street; he was associated with A. E. Street.Among Blomfield's other works:The Royal College of Music building.St. Saviour's Church, Southwark (now Southwark Cathedral) is a notable example of his use of a revived Gothic style, and he was highly regarded as a restorer.He also designed St. George's Anglican Cathedral in Georgetown, Guyana, which was considered the tallest wooden church in the world until 2003 when the Peri Monastery near Săpânţa in northern Romania was finished.