The decision has been based on the overall performance of all personnel working on site during the past year. The Gold Award recognises that the requirements of the Code of Good Practice have been consistently exceeded. It reflects a spirit of pride, an awareness of the needs of the passing public and regard for the surrounding environment. The award was presented to Marldon at Plaisterers Hall by The Right Honourable the Lord Mayor in November 2004.

'The decision has been based on the overall performance of all personnel working on site during the past year. The Gold Award recognises that the requirements of the Code of Good Practice have been consistently exceeded. It reflects a spirit of pride, an awareness of the needs of the passing public and regard for the surrounding environment. The award was presented to Marldon by The Right Honourable the Lord Mayor in November 2006 at Plaisterers Hall'.

City Heritage Award for outstanding excellence in conservation and renewal of buildings is given for the imaginative conversion of No.7 Lothbury

In its thirtieth year, the City Heritage Award for outstanding excellence in conservation and renewal of buildings is given for the imaginative conversion of No.7 Lothbury. One of the City’s most unusual and attractive of small Victorian buildings, 7 Lothbury presents its striking ‘Venetian-Gothic’ face across the way from the Bank of England.

In a chequered life from its completion in 1868 it has served as head office of the General Credit and Discount Company, City home of the National Bank of Australia and was latterly a private dining club. Grade II listed, the building seemed to have lost a sense of purpose and had fallen into disuse and disrepair – indeed was on English Heritage’s buildings at risk register. Rescue came in 2005 when new owners sought and obtained consent for change of use to residential. The creation of 11 flats has been brilliantly carried out by the Marldon construction and design organisation, the works overseen by architect Simon Smith.

Externally the white, red and yellow stonework with twisted shafts and columns of black marble and the ornate and intricately carved decoration have been painstakingly repaired and cleaned to restore them to sound condition. Internally is much that impressed the Assessors, particularly the retention and renovation of original wood panelling, the refurbished sash and casement windows and reinstatement of six storeys of filigree metal screens in the stairwell – all this alongside the unobtrusive installation of fireproof compartments, air conditioning, a new lift and the creation of luxurious, modern apartments.