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Temple, LONDON, EC4Y 7AY

To commemorate a benefactor whose generosity lives on in the buildings he funded.

So called because the buildings here were the first to be built of brick rather than wattle and daub. Number 2 and 3 were bombed in 1940. Goldsmith https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Goldsmith and later Thackeray https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Makepeace_Thackeray both lived here Long, D. (2021). London’s Secret Square Mile. 2nd ed. Cheltenham: The History Press.

Named after Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, whose townhouse was demolished in 1670. A bust of the great man looks down from the eponymous pub. Long, D. (2021). London’s Secret Square Mile. 2nd ed. Cheltenham: The History Press.

Gravel garden. "The name of this court commemorates Nicholas Hare (d. 1597), one of four bencher brothers, and Treasurer in 1584, who built chambers here; it was previously called the Little Court, or Garden Court, and is perhaps the same as Nut Tree Court, called the 'Nut Garden' in Henry VIII's time. It contained a well, with a pump. The original buildings here were named after various members who paid for their erection - for instance Crompton's Building and Brooker's Building - but after rebuilding in the seventeenth century they were all known by the name of the court itself." Quoted from http://www.innertemplelibrary.org.uk/temple-history/present-buildings/inner-temple-history-the-buildings-hare-court.htm

Ornate plaque with coats-of-arms (1893-4) in the Inner Temple Inn of Court. The winged horse, Pegasus, is the badge of the Inner Temple.

These arches are opposite Temple Church.

One of several round-topped (Romanesque style) tall windows set into the circular walls of the round nave of Temple Church. The glass is of fine quality, but of no great age - this example looks typically Victorian to me, but may be more modern as the church was extensively damaged by fire in WWII.

A view of this mediæval church taken from Inner Temple Lane. See shared description below:

Templar churches are famous for their round shape, chosen to echo the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. Temple church in London - one of the very few remaining Templar churches in Britain has an excellent round nave seen here, but also has a large rectangular chancel or choir (see other photos), but that was added somewhat later at the behest of Henry III (see shared description below).