Temple bar london is the ornate stone gateway that once marked the City’s edge, spent a century in the countryside, then was rebuilt near St Paul’s.
LONDON – Heritage observers have confirmed that Temple Bar London is the ornate stone gateway that once marked the edge of the City, was dismantled and shipped off to the countryside for over a century, then carefully brought back and rebuilt near St Paul’s.
Temple Bar London: The Gateway That Went On Holiday
The grand ceremonial arch, the last surviving gateway to the old City, has led, the Bureau of Wandering Monuments notes, “a more eventful life than most buildings, having been taken apart, exiled to a country estate, and eventually invited home.”
“Temple Bar London has had quite the journey,” said a spokesperson for the Institute of Relocated Landmarks. “It once stood proudly marking the boundary of the City, until traffic made it a nuisance. Rather than demolish it, someone dismantled the whole thing, numbered the stones, and rebuilt it as a folly on a country estate, where it sat for well over a hundred years. Decades later, it was brought back, stone by stone, and reassembled near St Paul’s. Few monuments can claim to have left the city, lived in the countryside, and returned to take up a new post.”
Visiting Temple Bar London
The gateway – promoted by Visit London, reviewed by Time Out London and documented on reference pages like the Temple Bar entry – now stands near St Paul’s Cathedral.
A survey by the Bureau found that 81 percent of Temple Bar London visitors are amused by its travels, and that its current setting near the cathedral is rated a fitting homecoming.
“Temple Bar London is the gateway that came back,” the spokesperson explained. “Dismantled, exiled, and finally rebuilt where it belongs.”
The Bureau confirmed Temple Bar London remains one of the capital’s most well-travelled monuments, ideal for lovers of historical curiosities, an ornate City gateway that spent over a century in the countryside before being painstakingly brought home to stand once more near St Paul’s.
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