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HolbornStaple Inn High Holborn
This building is in the Tudor half-timbered style and is one of the very few original buildings of this period within the City walls which have survived both the Great Fire of London in 1666 and the Bllitz in World War II. It was built in 1586 and was used to house the wool "staple" - when bales of wool were weighed and taxed. In the Middle Ages England grew rich on the taxes levied on the sale of wool. During the 17th Century the building was part of one of the Inns of Chancery. Little shops were opened at street level, and are still functioning, but the interior of Staple Inn is no longer open to the public. It provides an authentic idea of how the rest of London might have looked 500 years ago.
Staple Inn High Holborn
Nearest Tube station: Chancery Lane |
