Barnard's Inn is a former Inn of Chancery in Holborn, London. It is now the home of Gresham College, an institution of higher learning established in 1597 that hosts public lectures.
Frontage of Barnard's Inn Buildings. The remains of the Inn lie down the entrance at the right
Hall of Barnards Inn, Holborn, 1886 by Philip Norman
Part of Barnards Inn, Holborn, 1886 by Philip Norman
Barnard's Inn entrance
The Inns of Chancery or Hospida Cancellarie were a group of buildings and legal institutions in London initially attached to the Inns of Court and used as offices for the clerks of chancery, from which they drew their name. Existing from at least 1344, the Inns gradually changed their purpose, and became both the offices and accommodation for solicitors and a place of initial training for barristers.
Staple Inn, the only Inn of Chancery building to survive largely intact
Early-18th-century engraving of Furnival's Inn by Sutton Nicholls
Staple Inn in 1886
Garden House, Clements Inn, 1883 by Philip Norman