Fig Tree Court adjoined this ancient buttery, 1515 - 1666. It was destroyed in the Great Fire of London, rebuilt in 1679 and again destroyed by enemy action 1940.
An information board provides: "The end of Inner Temple Hall facing Elm Court is the Knights' medieval crypt and buttery, the oldest rooms still in use in the Temple".
EC4, Inner Temple, Elm Court
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Fig Tree Court
Fig Tree Court , 1515 - 1666, was destroyed in the Great Fire of London, rebu...
Started on a Sunday morning. After 4 days the destruction included: - an area...
Sorry, we've done no research on WW2, it's just too big a subject. But do vis...
When the May Fair Hotel opened in 1927 Ambrose took a job as band leader that included a flat at the hotel which he retained even when he...
Google Street View shows the plaque in place March 2022 but just an empty frame in August 2022.
The bronze plaque is at the entrance to the building which is the third bay to the right of these two blue plaques.
The Royal Photographic Society plaque is on the left above the wheelie-bins. The BFI plaque is on the pillar on the right.
The plaque is not clear about what was constructed. The piers look original so we guess it was just the gates themselves.
