Staple Inn (London)

United Kingdom / England / London
 Grade I Listed (UK), Grade II* Listed (UK), Grade II Listed (UK), 16th century construction
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A place for trading in the C13th and C14th, Staple Inn was used by the legal profession from c.1415 until c.1884, and since 1887 has been the home of the Institute of Actuaries. A 'Staple Hall' is recorded here from at least 1292 and it may date from even earlier. Parts of the surviving buildings date from the late C16th when Staple Inn was enlarged, including the half-timbered Elizabethan range facing onto Holborn with an arch leading to the internal Courtyard.

The Garden south of the Hall has existed here since the late C16th and today has fountain, flower beds, trees and shrubs. The Courtyard is paved and has a number of mature plane trees, seats and lamp posts; its well and pump provided the water supply to the Inn until the 1930s.

Various portions of the Staple Inn are Grade I, II, and II* listed:

Grade I:
- 1-4 Holborn Bars
- Nos. 4, 5, 6, and attached Pump

Grade II:
- The Institute of Actuaries and attached railing
- The Hall and attached railings
- 9-10 Staple Inn
- Nos. 7 & 8 and attached railings

Grade II*:
- 337-338 High Holborn

Currently the London office of the Institute of Actuaries. The halls are used, amongst others, for Gresham College lectures. Can be hired for wedding receptions, corporate events, etc.

In this building

  1. Lipman & Sons
  2. Sanford Bros
  3. Vodafone
  4. Caffe Vergnano 1882
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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staple_Inn
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Coordinates:   51°31'3"N   -0°6'40"E

Comments

  • it's also the building that was for years illustrated on the pouches of 'old holborn' tobacco in the UK.
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