Some of the former has been unearthed in 2025 as part of work to remodel an office block (which will now be redesigned to accommodate the preservation of the ruins).

[2] In medieval times a corn market was held by St Benet Gracechurch (a church destroyed in the Great Fire) at the junction with Lombard Street, with vendors directed to sell their wares there.

William Penn was arrested on 14 August 1670 for delivering a sermon in the street in front of the building after having been forbidden to preach indoors.

City Friends mingled piety with prosperity and earned reputations as sober, honest tradesmen.

[7][8] Gracechurch Street is mentioned in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice as being the home of Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner, the uncle and aunt of the five Bennet sisters.