Temple Bar

SPCAA/P/17/7/1-2

This file contains two images showing the Temple Bar at its previous location in Theobald's Park. Temple Bar was designed by Sir Christpher Wren on the orders of Charles II. It originally marked the gateway to the City of London and stood at the juncture of Fleet Street and the Strand, close to the Temple from which it takes it's name. The Temple Bar was removed by the Corporation of London to make way for road widening measures in 1878. Susequently it was bought by Sir Henry Meux and rebuilt at his home Theobalds Park. In 2003 the Bar was bought back at a cost of £1 and was rebuilt opposite the Cathedral at the entrance to Paternoster Square by Martin Stancliffe and officially opened in 2004. The images show both the east side of the Bar (with statues of Queen Anne of Denmark and King James I, and the west side, with statues of King Charles I and Charles II as it stood in Theobalds Park.

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