Lincoln's Inn Fields
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Lincoln's Inn Fields is located in Holborn and is the largest public square in London. It was laid out in the 1630s under the initiative of the speculative builder and contractor William Newton, "the
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Lincoln's Inn Fields in spring 2006
Lincoln's Inn Fields in 1889 from Charles Booth, Life and Labour of the People in London: red areas are "middle-class, well-to-do"; blue areas are "Intermittent or casual earnings", and black areas are the "lowest class...occasional labourers, street sellers, loafers, criminals and semi-criminals".
Lindsey House, 59–60 Lincoln's Inn Fields
Sir John Soane's Museum
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Sir John Soane's Museum is a house museum, located next to Lincoln's Inn Fields in Holborn, London, which was formerly the home of neo-classical architect John Soane. It holds many drawings and archit
Lincoln's Inn Fields
…2017), to expand to seven its portfolio of buildings on the square. Aside from Lindsey House and Powis House, the north side of the square features Sir John Soane's Museum, home of the architect, at numbers 12, 13 and 14. On the same side, at number 7, is Thomas More Chambers, led by Geoffrey Cox QC MP. Organisations with…
Sir John Soane Museum
For the most part, the museum retains Soane's original crowded "hang", as the Soane Museum Act requires.
The façade of Sir John Soane's House (No. 13) circa 1812. The loggias were later glazed.
The Breakfast Room as shown in The Illustrated London News (1864)