Chartered Accountants' Hall  Chartered Accountants' Hall is a Grade II* listed building located at 1 Moorgate Place in the City of London. It is the headquarters of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales (ICAEW). The Hall is one of the richest examples of late Victorian architecture in the City and has been praised for its seamless integration of sculpture. It established the fame of its architect, John Belcher. Chartered Accountants’ Hall was Belcher's first building in a more monumental Baroque Revival style, drawing on Baroque architecture which he had studied while travelling in Europe.. Some sources attribute the building as a joint design by Belcher in conjunction with Arthur Beresford Pite, who was a partner in Belcher's practice. The two men were friends and admired each other's work. A pupil of Belcher's at the time claimed that Pite's energy and personality had 'very strongly' influenced Belcher and had left its impression above all on the Chartered Accountants building. In ‘The Alliance of Sculpture and Architecture’ (1993) the authors begin a discussion of the influence of Pite upon Belcher's new Baroque style for the Hall by stating: . Between 1880 and 1890, ICAEW was based in 3 Copthall Buildings while a location was sought for a permanent headquarters. During a special meeting in 1888, William Deloitte put forward a motion to purchase the site at Moorgate Place on a 999 year lease at a ground rent of £900 per annum. The competition for designs was won by John Belcher, with an estimated cost of £17,250. The ICAEW Council also commissioned Hamo Thornycroft to produce a sculpted frieze at an additional cost of £3,000. Construction was delayed as the original contractors went into receivership, the work being completed by Messrs Coll & Sons. In the event, the terms of the lease were altered to £472 for twenty years increasing to £786 thereafter, in return for part of the site being given up to expand Great Swan Alley. The foundation stone of Chartered Accountants’ Hall was laid in July 1890. Under the stone were placed current issues of The Times and The Accountant, a copy of the Institute’s Charter and Bye-Laws, a list of members, and examples of the copper and silver (though not gold) coins of the day. The Hall was formally opened in 10 May 1893 by the Institute President, Edwin Waterhouse.