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Aldersgate Street forms a short section of the A1 route towards Edinburgh. It is located on the west side of the Barbican Estate and Barbican Centre, near St Bartholomew's Hospital and the Museum of London from its opening in 1976 until it closed in December 2022 prior to its move to Smithfield Market (during which time it fell within the ward).
200 Aldersgate is a 434,005 sq ft office building in the City of London. [ 1 ] Proposed in 1983, designed by the architects Fitzroy Robinson & Partners , and built in 1991–92, [ 2 ] the building was the headquarters of legal firm Clifford Chance before it moved to Canary Wharf . [ 3 ]
The route runs north from Aldersgate along Aldersgate Street which is a modern dual carriageway, and from the 13th century was known as a wide street with fine buildings and travellers' inns; [24] [25] these were destroyed or badly damaged during the Blitz, and from 1965 to 1976 the 40 acre (162,000m²) Barbican Estate, an arts complex and ...
Early in 1544 William Petre rented a small house on the west side of Aldersgate as a town house while engaged in his role as secretary to King Henry. Later that same year he purchased seven houses formerly the property of the neighboring St Bartholomew's Priory, adjoining the rented house.
The dispensary was situated at 36 Aldersgate Street, a building that had been built for the Marquis of Dorchester and subsequently became "Dorchester House". It later became the City of London Lying-in Hospital before being used as dispensary. [5] It was founded in 1770 [6] and opened by John Coakley Lettsom. [7] James Sims was one of the ...
St Botolph without Aldersgate (also known as St Botolph's, Aldersgate) is a Church of England church in London dedicated to St Botolph. It was built just outside Aldersgate, one of the gates on London's wall, in the City of London. The church, located on Aldersgate Street, is of medieval origin.
Postman's Park is a public garden in central London, a short distance north of St Paul's Cathedral.Bordered by Little Britain, Aldersgate Street, St. Martin's Le Grand, King Edward Street, and the site of the former headquarters of the General Post Office (GPO), it is one of the largest open spaces in the City of London.
The station, which has no surface building, [16] had its name shortened to Aldersgate on 1 November 1910 [7] [8] and was renamed again on 24 October 1924 as Aldersgate & Barbican, [7] [8] although tube maps and London A to Zs continued to show it as Aldersgate. [17] On 1 December 1968 the station's name was simplified to Barbican. [7] [8] [9]