Description

CAMDEN

TQ3181SW LINCOLN'S INN
798-1/107/1045 (West side)
24/10/51 Old Hall and attached gateway, Old
Square

GV I

Banqueting hall and attached gateway. Hall 1489-92, enlarged
c1582-84 by Ralph Symons (surveyor), lengthened c1818-19 under
the directions of Joseph and Francis Wigg, extensively
restored by Sir John Simpson 1925-8. Gateway added 1926-8. Red
brick with blue diapers and stone dressings. Tiled roof with
tall brick stacks at either end and central C20 wooden louvred
lantern with cupola and weathervane.
EXTERIOR: single storey. Unusual in having 4 traceried
bay-windows rising the height of the building, 1 at each end
of east & west facade. Wall between on east and west facade
buttressed with three 3-light traceried windows under
4-centred arches. On the east facade under the right window, a
Tudor style entrance of moulded pointed arch having hoodmould
with enriched spandrels and label stops. Embattled parapet. To
the left, an attached gateway, with foot passage to left of
main four centred vehicle arch with 6-light oriel window and
small gable over. Inside the gateway a re-set C13 arch on
shafts, with dog-tooth ornament, probably being from the
wall-arcading of the north wall of the original C13 hall.
INTERIOR: of hall has arch-braced roof with collar-beams,
walls with linenfold panelling and, against the south wall, an
oak screen made by Robert Linton (joiner) and installed 1624.
Clock inserted 1819.
HISTORICAL NOTE: The Society of Lincoln's Inn moved to this
site in c1422 taking over the town house of the Bishops of
Chichester who had been established here since c1227. The
medieval buildings were gradually replaced; the earliest now
surviving is the Old Hall.
(Simpson JW Sir: Some Account of the Old Hall of Lincoln's
Inn: Brighton: -1928; Transactions of the Ancient Monuments
Society, Vol. 28: Summerson J Sir: The Old Hall of Lincoln's
Inn: -1984: 8-22).

Listing NGR: TQ3103081395

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17526754

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