2-698-947 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'The Room over Temple Bar, 1876', (1897). Interior of the upper-storey room in the Temple Bar, which was leased to the neighbouring banking house of Child & Co for storage of records. Temple Bar was the principal ceremonial entrance to the City of London from the City of Westminster. In the 19th century it became a bottleneck for traffic, and in 1878 the late 17th century arch of Portland stone designed by Christopher Wren was dismantled. (It was later re-erected near St Paul's Cathedral). From Old and New London, Volume I, by Walter Thornbury. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris & Melbourne, 1897]