Original entrance to Euston Station demolition was approved by Ernest Marples, who believed that the cost of moving the arch could not be justified.īuilt 1197 rebuilt after the Great Fire and again after the Gordon Riots in 1780. Much of British India was governed from here until the British government took control in 1858.ĭesigned in the form of an ancient Egyptian temple for William Bullock, who used the building as an exhibition centre. ĭesigned by amateur architect Theodore Jacobsen. Old houses which survived the Great Fire of London, including the former Cock and Magpie tavern (with sign), which had become Stockley's Bookshop by 1876. Palatial house built by Lewis Vulliamy for Robert Stayner Holford replaced by the Dorchester Hotel. Buildings arranged round two quadrangles rebuilt after the Great Fire, sold in 1865 and subsequently demolished. īuilt by William Kent for the Dukes of Devonshire.Ĭollege of Advocates, or Doctors of Law, where proceedings of the Court of Arches, the Prerogative Court and others were held. Rebuilt in different form in South London 1854 destroyed by fire.īy Matthew Brettingham occupied by the Board of Ordnance, later the War Office, from 1806. īuilt by Joseph Paxton for the Great Exhibition of 1851. Many other buildings in Bishopsgate which escaped the Great Fire survived into the Victorian period. Great hall re-erected in Chelsea and incorporated into a new building by Walter Godfrey. One of the earliest examples of cast-iron construction, demolished for road-widening which did not take place until the 1980s. Only the gatehouse remains.Īn area of old houses and narrow lanes adjoining the church of St Bartholomew-the-Great, including the Old Dick Whittington Inn. The longest surviving Inn of Chancery, founded in 1344 dissolved in 1903. Damaged by tube construction and partly rebuilt. Largely destroyed by bombing in 1940 tower and ruins remain.įormerly housed in Shaftesbury House moved to new building by Robert Mylne in 1773. School founded 1552 buildings mostly rebuilt after the Great Fire, in part by Wren and Hawksmoor. īuilt for Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield (1694–1773) by Isaac Ware. First hall dates from 1429 demolished 1876 after damaged by fire. Badly damaged by bombs in 1940 demolished 1957–1958. Prestigious hotel run by César Ritz, with Auguste Escoffier as chef. īy Sidney Smirke suffered direct hit by bomb in 1940. Largely rebuilt after the Great Fire of London. Residence of Henry VIII from 1515 to 1523 prison and hospital from 1556. Rebuilt after the Great Fire destroyed by bombs. 28 Broad (now Broadwick) Street demolished to make way for a block of flats. The central part of building survives and has housed the Imperial War Museum since 1936. Largely demolished after the hospital moved in 1930. Hall still survives, owned by Gresham College.ĭestroyed during the Great Fire of London.īuilt to a design by James Lewis. Site now occupied by The Gherkin.įormer Inn of Chancery.
#Buildings lost to time windows
Grade II* listed building known for its cathedral-like trading hall and its stained glass windows destroyed by a bomb in 1992. Replaced by 1950s building on the same site. Wealthy merchant's mansion with elaborate staircase and panelled rooms.Ī neo-classical terrace of 24 houses by the Adam brothers. Only a small number of the most notable buildings are listed out of the many thousands which have been demolished.
This list of demolished buildings and structures in London includes buildings, structures and urban scenes of particular architectural, historical, scenic buildings which are preserved in old photographs, prints and paintings, but which have been demolished or were destroyed by bombing in World War II.
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