According to John Stow, "Eyre, a draper built Leaden Hall for a common garner of corn for the use of this city".

[2][3] The Market is typically open weekdays from 10 am until 6 pm, and primarily sells fresh food; among the vendors there are cheesemongers, butchers and florists.

The Lamb Tavern, dating from 1780, is a traditional gathering place for insurance industry workers, many of whom work at Lloyd's of London adjacent to Leadenhall Market.

The double height entrance is flanked by tall, narrow gabled red brick and Portland stone blocks in a 17th-century Dutch style.

The adjacent buildings to the south have a continuous retail frontage which is punctuated by narrow entrances to pedestrian ways into the market.