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Re-building of Temple Bar

Stonemasons at work on th re-building of Temple Bar. Sir Christopher Wren’s Temple Bar is now the only surviving Gateway to London. A bar is first mentioned in London around 1293, at which time it was probably no more than a chain (or bar) between wooden posts. Due to its vicinity to the Temple, an area where the guilds of lawyers organised into what would become the Inns of Court in an area that is now considered "Legal London", it was commonly referred to as Temple Bar. The structure stood in Fleet Street for just over 200 years until Victorian London needed to widen the roadway. In addition, its design was considered unfashionable and it was proving costly to maintain. In 1880 Sir Henry Meux bought the stones and had them put together again to form the gateway to his park and mansion house at Theobalds in Hertforshire, UK. Theobalds is no longer a country mansion and Temple Bar has long since ceased to be a gateway to anywhere. In 1984 the Temple Bar Trust became owner of Temple Bar and permission has since been granted for the removal of the Bar from Theobalds Park to Paternoster Square, adjacent to St Paul’s Cathedral. Date: 09.06.2004. Ref: UGL020919_0102. COMPULSORY CREDIT: Gary Lee /UPPA/Photoshot

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