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Charterhouse Square is a garden square, a pentagonal space, in Farringdon, in the London Borough of Islington, and close to the former Smithfield Meat Market. The square is the largest courtyard or yard associated with the London Charterhouse , mostly formed of Tudor and Stuart architecture restored after the London Blitz .
The London Charterhouse is a historic complex of buildings in Clerkenwell, London, dating to the 14th century. It occupies land to the north of Charterhouse Square , and lies within the London Borough of Islington .
The three-story Georgian buildings that stood between 6-9 Charterhouse Square before Florin Court used to be a vicarage and a lady's school until 1859, that was later converted into a staff dormitory once purchased in 1872 by Copestake, Crampton & Co. Ltd (lace manufacturers and wholesalers located in Cheapside). [3]
Charterhouse Street is a street on the north side of Smithfield in the City of London The road forms part of the City’s boundary with the neighbouring London Boroughs of Islington and Camden . It connects Charterhouse Square and Holborn Circus , crossing Farringdon Road and running along a number of historical sites, including Smithfield Market.
London Charterhouse, London, England, an historic complex of buildings that originally housed a monastery, now the location of such sites as The Charterhouse Hospital Charterhouse Square , London, England
Charterhouse is a public school (English independent boarding school for pupils aged 13–18) in Godalming, Surrey, England. Founded by Thomas Sutton in 1611 on the site of the old Carthusian monastery in Charterhouse Square , Smithfield , London, it educates over 1000 pupils, aged 13 to 18 years.
Charterhouse Buildings, Charterhouse Mews, Charterhouse Square and Charterhouse Street – Anglicisation of Chartreuse, from Grande Chartreuse, head monastery of the Carthusians in France; a nearby abbey was founded by monks of this order in 1371 [21] [20] Cowcross Street – this street was path for cattle being taken to nearby Smithfield ...
Rutland House on Aldersgate Street, near Charterhouse Square in the City of London, close to Smithfield Market, was leased by the playwright and impresario Sir William Davenant (1606–1668). In 1656, freshly released from imprisonment, Davenant turned a room of the house into what was, at first, a private theatre performing his own plays.