Wednesday 14 September 2011

Staple Inn - WC1

Anyone who has been to the Chancery Lane/Holborn area will have seen these amazing Tudor relics - stuck in the middle of busy High Holborn, Staple Inn dates from 1585 and escaped the great fire of 1666, but got badly damaged in a WWII air raid.  Over the centuries there have been various additions and repairs but what you see is still a largely intact Tudor building, which is so cool.  Behind it, as behind so many of the busy streets in this area, are some of the wonderful Inns of Court (more blogging on that to come). So take a moment in your busy day to stand on the traffic island in the middle of the road and admire this truly amazing structure.
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  1. KiwiKat16 September 2011 at 10:15

    I have often wondered about this building. I actually thought it was a fake, "mock tudor" like a house in the suburbs ... :)

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  2. LondonRob27 September 2011 at 10:05

    Sad that we are so used to mock Tudor, we don't recognise the real thing!

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