Baynard's Castle
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Baynard's Castle refers to buildings on two neighbouring sites in the City of London, between where Blackfriars station and St. Paul's Cathedral now stand. The first was a Norman fortification constru
The first Baynard's Castle
Seal of Robert Fitzwalter
Long View of London from Bankside, detail from a 1647 engraving by Wenceslaus Hollar. Baynard's Castle is at far right, on the far side (north side) of the River Thames, with the Church of St. Andrew-by-the-Wardrobe behind it. The Blackfriars is a short distance upstream at left.
William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke (1501–1570), owned the castle when Mary I was proclaimed Queen there in 1553.
Baynard House, London
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Baynard House is a brutalist office block in Queen Victoria Street in Blackfriars in the City of London, occupied by BT Group. It was built on the site of the second Baynard's Castle. Most of the land
Baynard's Castle
…left in ruins after the Great Fire of London in 1666, although fragments survived into the 19th century. The site is now occupied by a BT office called Baynard House and the castle is commemorated by Castle Baynard Street and the Castle Baynard Ward of the City of London. Today the River Fleet has been reduced to a…
Baynard House, Blackfriars, seen from Queen Victoria Street
The Seven Ages of Man by Richard Kindersley
Waterfront side of Baynard House
Waterfront side of Baynard House and Blackfriars Railway bridge. Viewed from the Millennium Bridge.