A view looking south-east from St Margaret's Street towards the west elevation of Westminster Hall, showing the flying buttresses that remained following the demolition of the Law Courts

Date:
1883 - 1884
Location:
Palace of Westminster, Westminster Hall, Parliament Square, Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London Authority
Reference:
OWS01/10/007
Type:
Photograph (Print)
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Description

The Law Courts were moved to a new building on the Strand in the 1880s. Part of the remains of the old Law Courts, built by Sir John Soane, can be seen on the right in this photograph. The image also shows a row of dormer windows in the roof of the Hall which are no longer extant.

Content

This is part of the Series: OWS01/10 Office of Works London Historic Prints; within the Collection: OWS01 Office of Works and Successors: Ancient Monuments and Historic Buildings

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Client: Society Of Antiquaries London

Photographer: Bedford Lemere And Company

Keywords

Flying Buttress, Medieval Great Hall