1888 - Thomas More Chambers - Carey Street, London, UK
N 51° 30.894 W 000° 06.824
30U E 700259 N 5711036
This 1888 building, Thomas More Chambers, stands on the corner of Carey Street and Serle Street behind the Royal Courts of Justice.
Waymark Code: WMG60B
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 01/17/2013
Views: 2
The building, that is still used as legal chambers, is
listed at the English Heritage website [visit
link]:
"Legal chambers. 1888. By George Sherrin, initials CMA
in lintel. Cut red brick and stone with ground-floor shopfronts. Roof not seen.
2 broad and 2 narrow windows to Carey Street with entrance under the left of the
latter. 2 storeys with tall single stack in line with front of building. Cut red
brick swags and fruit decoration, oriels in broader bays to left with decorative
stonework. Cornice with egg-and-dart moulding, bold projecting parapet with
elaborate stone decoration. Single bay return to Serle Street similarly treated,
with oriel over shopfront. Corner with plaque to Sir Thomas More 'some time Lord
Chancellor of England 1535' and panelled door in Gibbs surround.
INTERIOR: entrance leads through to New Square,
Lincoln's Inn (qv) with marble stone floors and staircase, the latter with
bulbous vase-shaped timber balusters. Secondary stair with wrought-iron
balustrade against Serle Street elevation."
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