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Inside the century-old building standing above 400,000 gold bars
But exactly what's happening with those gold bars? The BBC didn't ask
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By Tim Stokes
British Broadcasting Corp., London
Tuesday, September 16, 2025
The echoing boom of a slammed door rattles around the walls of the Bank of England's grand columned entrance.
Across the floor and walls sprawl grand mosaics and sculptures depicting lions, piles of gold, thunderbolts, and ancient Roman gods.
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"When this building was created, it was designed as a working bank building. There were people coming and going all day," explains the Bank of England Museum's curator, Jenni Adam.
"And immediately they were greeted with this sense of grandeur along with lots and lots of messages about what's happening in this site."
One hundred years ago work began to rebuild the Bank of England -- a place which had started as a townhouse in the 1700s and expanded over subsequent centuries.
To mark this centenary a new exhibition has begun in the bank's museum revealing more about what can be found inside one of Britain's most secure buildings.
Ahead of its opening the BBC was given a rare look inside the bank itself, where some of the country's key financial decisions are made and which houses some 400,000 bars of gold in its basement vaults. ...
... For the remainder of the report:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c15kzd19zz5o
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