posted on 2017-07-06, 00:00authored byG. Massiot & cie
The present grand entrance (the east wing of the south front), in 'Hindoostani Gothic', was added in 1788 by George Dance (and restored in 1910).\u000a\u000aIt has been used as a town hall for several hundred years, and is still the ceremonial and administrative centre of the City of London and its Corporation. The Guildhall complex houses the offices of the City of London Corporation (only the City; not greater London) and various public facilities. It is a town hall, not actually a guild building; perhaps from the Anglo-Saxon 'gild', meaning payment, with a 'gild-hall' being where citizens would pay their taxes. Parts of the current building date from 1411, (with older medieval crypts) and it is the only stone building not belonging to the Church to have survived the Great Fire of London in 1666. The present grand entrance (the east wing of the south front), in 'Hindoostani Gothic', was added in 1788 by George Dance (and restored in 1910).
History
Date Created
1910-01-01
Date Modified
2017-07-06
Spatial Coverage
+51.5159-0.092|London, England, United Kingdom|London
Temporal Coverage
before or circa 1910
Cultural Context
['Late Gothic', 'Gothic Revival']
Rights Statement
To view the physical lantern slide, please contact the Architecture Library.