A world class 6-star hotel is to be formed by the conversion of the former Midland Bank headquarters at Bank. This unique 300,000sqft building was constructed in several stages during the 1920's and 30's by a team including Edwin Lutyens as consultant architect. Now Grade I listed the bank includes many fine architectural features ranging from marble stairs and stunning chandeliers to massive bullion vaults and safe deposit boxes (made famous by James Bond in the 1964 film Goldfinger). Key aspects of the redevelopment, where the listed building is able to be re-planned, are inclusion of a full 25m swimming pool complex at basement level, new and altered lifts including an external glass lift, total re-planning of the roof space to form an extensive Presidential Suite and Gardens, and conversion of vault and plant spaces to new uses. The work also includes the total demolition and redevelopment of the 1969 Northern Extension.