DOI Heft:
Nr. 146 (May 1905)
DOI Artikel:Way, T. R.: A hunt after reliques of old London
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.20711#0341
Reliques of Old London
wharves. There are many such in Rotherhithe. way has been very great, especially in Wych Street
Nearer in towards town, in Bermondsey, I was and Holywell Street, but there still seems to be
fortunate enough to come across an old mansion a doubt whether the great " Arch Row," Inigo
whose owners call it the "Manor House," though it Jones's buildings on the west side of Lincoln's
never was the Manor House of Bermondsey Manor; Inn Fields, is to be destroyed or no. Their
it stands in a place called Jacob's island, about demolition could only be looked upon as a
which you may read something in " Oliver Twist," wanton act of vandalism, there being nothing
for Bill Sykes' death took place on this "island." like them left in London. But there still remain
There is a map in Wilkinson's "Londinia Illustrata" very considerable groups of what may reason-
of this very curious bit of London, and this house ably be called mediaeval London, such as
figures as Mr. Manson's, and shows very exten- Staple Inn, Holborn, and, hard by, a fine build-
sive gardens; also on the island there is another ing in the upper part of Fetter Lane, while,
building, an inn called " The Ship Aground," lower down the lane, there is that most quaint
which still remains. The Manor House is of con- alley called NevilPs Court, with a large red-brick,
siderable size, containing three staircases and twenty many - windowed 'mansion and its garden on
rooms, and the handsome canopy over the door the south side, and opposite it a row of over-
bears the date 1700. In the Borough High Street hanging timber and plaster houses with their
there are one or two good groups of buildings and gardens in front gay with flowers in summer-
the remains still of two of the old galleried coach- time, an amazing survival! Round St. Bartholo-
ing inns, the " George"
being quite picturesque
and interesting. From
here, you cross London
Bridge and wander through
Billingsgate, where, in Love
Lane, there is a very fine
mansion of Charles II.'s
time, which is rather diffi-
cult to discover, and con-
tinue to Aldgate, where
there are very considerable
groups of old buildings in
the foreign meat market.
The great hay and straw
market, held in the middle
of the road, with a back-
ground of these quaint
buildings, is a most
picturesque survival. In
Houndsditch there remain
several interesting speci-
mens, and the old oil and
colourman's shop at the
corner of Gravel Lane
was drawn as a typical
specimen of many score of
houses in London dating
from before the fire, whose
fronts have been plastered
over and their appearance
of age lost.
The destruction of groups
of old buildings in the mak-
ing of Aldwych and Kings- a house in houndsditch from a lithograph by t. r. way
323
wharves. There are many such in Rotherhithe. way has been very great, especially in Wych Street
Nearer in towards town, in Bermondsey, I was and Holywell Street, but there still seems to be
fortunate enough to come across an old mansion a doubt whether the great " Arch Row," Inigo
whose owners call it the "Manor House," though it Jones's buildings on the west side of Lincoln's
never was the Manor House of Bermondsey Manor; Inn Fields, is to be destroyed or no. Their
it stands in a place called Jacob's island, about demolition could only be looked upon as a
which you may read something in " Oliver Twist," wanton act of vandalism, there being nothing
for Bill Sykes' death took place on this "island." like them left in London. But there still remain
There is a map in Wilkinson's "Londinia Illustrata" very considerable groups of what may reason-
of this very curious bit of London, and this house ably be called mediaeval London, such as
figures as Mr. Manson's, and shows very exten- Staple Inn, Holborn, and, hard by, a fine build-
sive gardens; also on the island there is another ing in the upper part of Fetter Lane, while,
building, an inn called " The Ship Aground," lower down the lane, there is that most quaint
which still remains. The Manor House is of con- alley called NevilPs Court, with a large red-brick,
siderable size, containing three staircases and twenty many - windowed 'mansion and its garden on
rooms, and the handsome canopy over the door the south side, and opposite it a row of over-
bears the date 1700. In the Borough High Street hanging timber and plaster houses with their
there are one or two good groups of buildings and gardens in front gay with flowers in summer-
the remains still of two of the old galleried coach- time, an amazing survival! Round St. Bartholo-
ing inns, the " George"
being quite picturesque
and interesting. From
here, you cross London
Bridge and wander through
Billingsgate, where, in Love
Lane, there is a very fine
mansion of Charles II.'s
time, which is rather diffi-
cult to discover, and con-
tinue to Aldgate, where
there are very considerable
groups of old buildings in
the foreign meat market.
The great hay and straw
market, held in the middle
of the road, with a back-
ground of these quaint
buildings, is a most
picturesque survival. In
Houndsditch there remain
several interesting speci-
mens, and the old oil and
colourman's shop at the
corner of Gravel Lane
was drawn as a typical
specimen of many score of
houses in London dating
from before the fire, whose
fronts have been plastered
over and their appearance
of age lost.
The destruction of groups
of old buildings in the mak-
ing of Aldwych and Kings- a house in houndsditch from a lithograph by t. r. way
323