Peek House, Eastcheap, London

This is what makes living here so fascinating - here's an excerpt from "Ornamental Passions" a website by Chris Partridge:
"The entire south side of Eastcheap was demolished in 1882 to allow the Metropolitan Line to be excavated, and in 1883 the firm of Peek Bros, Tea and Coffee Importers, built a grand new office at No 20 with a circular corner tower. To liven the tower up, they got William Theed the Younger to carve an 'alto relievo' depiction of their coffee being brought across the sands of Araby on the backs of three camels led by a Bedouin in his flowing robes. Theed loved exotic subjects, having done the Africa section on the Albert Memorial and a line of horses for Buckingham Palace."