St John's Gate, London, EC1
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St John's Gate, London, EC1
Image: © David Hallam-Jones Taken: 5 Apr 2013
St John's Gate is easy to miss. It is seen here spanning St John’s Lane, in a corner of St John’s Square, off Old Street. It was built in 1504 as the south entrance to the inner precinct of the Priory of the Knights of Saint John - the Knights Hospitallers. From 1701-09 it was the home of the painter William Hogarth, a child at the time. In 1703 his father Richard opened a coffee house in it named “Hogarth's Coffee House” offering Latin lessons with the coffee. For many years the building was used as a tavern. The gate was acquired in the 1870s by the revived Order of St. John and was gradually converted to serve as headquarters of both the Order and its subsidiary, the St. John Ambulance Brigade. It houses the Museum of the Order too.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.52229
Longitude
-0.103098
