Panoramas 10-20

The panorama is captured in front of the Old Hall at Lincoln’s Inn Fields ‘Inns of Court’. The ‘Inns of Court’ were founded in the beginning of the fourteenth century and Lincoln’s Field is one of four in London. According to ancient custom anyone training to be a barrister in…

The Chapel in Lincoln’s Inn Fields dates back to 1623. The Chapel bell pre dates the Chapel at 1596 and is the source of the quote from John Donne of ‘for whom the bell tolls’. Donne noted this as it was the custom to toll the bell between 12.30 and…

Lincoln’s Inn Fields is the largest square in London and was once a place of public execution. Executions took place during the Tudor and Stuart periods with many religious martyrs, and those suspected of treachery to the Crown, meeting their end. Thanks to a decree dating from the 1640s, the…

Digital Urban captured the studios of Smooth FM after a conversation with one of its DJ’s Kevin Greening. It is part of hopefully a series of panoramas giving an insight into the media that contribute to London’s airwaves and life in general. If you work in the media and would…

Templar Church, located off Fleet Street in London is so called as it was built by the Knights Templar, the order of crusading monks founded to protect pilgrims on their way to and from Jerusalem in the 12th century. Templar Church was consecrated in 1185 to as the Templar’s headquarters…

Taking up temporary residence in Bedford Square London is the Architectural Associations Summer Pavilion by Simon Whittle. Built in Finnforest timber the structure makes a striking contrast to the square which has just undergone a 6 month regeneration as part of the Bloomsbury Squares project. The Square is one of…

Cleopatra’s Needle is located on the Victoria Embankment in London near Waterloo Bridge. The Needle is one of a trio of Needles around the world, the others being in Paris and New York. Presented to the United Kingdom in 1819 it commemorates the victories of Nelson in the Battle of…

University College London was founded on February 11th 1826, the third University in the United Kingdom after Oxford and Cambridge. The Universities main building, pictured in this panorama, was designed by William Wilkins and constructed between 1827 and 1828. The building is centered on a Corinthian portico which is reminiscent…