The Ned
Lutyens, the architect of New Delhi, designed this bank in the 1920s for what was then the largest in the world. The hotel is named after him: Ned was what his friends called him.
- Class
- Five-star hotel
- Opened
- 2017
- Rooms
- About 250 rooms and suites
- Area
- Poultry, by the Bank of England
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What sets The Ned apart
The banking hall
A hall the size of a railway station, held up by ninety-two columns of green stone, with the walnut counters of the tellers still in place. Several restaurants and a stage for a band now stand among them.
The vault
The strongroom in the basement, behind a round steel door two metres across and weighing twenty tonnes, is a bar lined with thousands of safe-deposit boxes.
The roof
A swimming pool and a terrace on the roof look across to the dome of St Paul's on one side and the towers of the City on the other.
The City
The Bank of England and the Royal Exchange are across the road, and the Monument to the Great Fire five minutes south.
What it has
- Restaurants in the banking hall
- The Vault bar
- Rooftop pool
- Spa and barber
- Live music
Where The Ned is
Address
27 PoultryLondon EC2R 8AJ, United Kingdom
Nearest Tube
Bank, on the Central, Northern and Waterloo and City lines, at the door
Museums and sights nearby
- St Paul's Cathedral550 m
- Tate Modern950 m
- Tower of London1.2 km
- Tower Bridge1.4 km
- London Eye2.3 km
Distances are in a straight line from the hotel.
The Midland Bank
The building was begun in 1924 as the head office of the Midland Bank, and is listed at the highest grade as one of Lutyens's finest town buildings. The bank left in 2006.
It reopened in 2017 as a hotel and members' club. The bedrooms on the upper floors are in the bank's old offices, furnished in the manner of the 1920s.
The Ned: common questions
- Where is The Ned?
- At 27 Poultry, in the City, London. The nearest Tube station is Bank, on the Central, Northern and Waterloo and City lines, at the door.
- Which museums and sights are near The Ned?
- St Paul's Cathedral is 550 m away, Tate Modern is 950 m away, Tower of London is 1.2 km away. Distances are in a straight line from the hotel.
- Does The Ned have a swimming pool?
- Yes. It has a heated swimming pool on the roof, and a second one below in the spa.
- When did The Ned open?
- In 2017. It has about 250 rooms and suites.
What visitors say about The Ned
Rating from Google
Tickets and tours near The Ned
Things to do near The Ned
The nearest of this site's best things to do in the city. Distances are in a straight line.
- 8Climb the dome of St Paul's Cathedral550 m awayChurch, 1.5 to 2.5 hours, ticket
- 17Eat your way round Borough Market900 m awayWalk, 1.5 to 3 hours, free to walk, pay for what you eat
- 7See modern art in a power station at Tate Modern950 m awayMuseum, 2 to 3 hours, free
- 15Look down on London from The Shard1.1 km awayMonument, 1 to 1.5 hours, ticket
Where to eat near The Ned
The nearest of the famous tables this site lists in London. Distances are in a straight line.
- Sweetings4.5Fish restaurant, City of London200 m away
- The George Inn4.3Coaching inn, Southwark1.0 km away
- St. JOHN4.5British restaurant, Smithfield1.1 km away
- Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese4.4Historic pub, Fleet Street1.2 km away
Artists to see near The Ned
The museums nearest to here, and the most famous artists on show in each.
Tate Modern, 950 m away
The National Gallery, 2.7 km away
- Jan van Eyck
- Paolo Uccello
- Piero della Francesca
- Giovanni Bellini
- Sandro Botticelli
- Leonardo da Vinci
- Michelangelo
- Raphael
- Titian
- Hans Holbein the Younger
- Caravaggio
- Peter Paul Rubens
- Anthony van Dyck
- Diego Velázquez
- Rembrandt
- Johannes Vermeer
- Canaletto
- William Hogarth
- George Stubbs
- Thomas Gainsborough
- J. M. W. Turner
- John Constable
- Édouard Manet
- Paul Cézanne
- Claude Monet
- Vincent van Gogh
- Georges Seurat
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