London House was the London mansion of the
Bishop of London
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after the
restoration of the monarchy in 1660. Today the site, 172
Aldersgate Street
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The Ward of Aldersgate is traditionally divided into Aldersgate Within and Aldersgate Without, the suffix denot ...
is occupied by a
block of flats
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.
History
About the middle of the west side of Aldersgate street, stood a palace, that was the residence first of the
Henry Pierrepont, 1st Marquess of Dorchester
Henry Pierrepont, 1st Marquess of Dorchester, PC, FRSFRCP(March 16068 December 1680) was an English peer. He was the son of Robert Pierrepont, 1st Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull, and his wife, the former Gertrude Talbot, daughter of George Talb ...
, and then of
William, Lord Petre. It was here in 1646 that
Michael Hudson was imprisoned while being questioned by a Parliamentary committee about the
flight of Charles I from Oxford to Newark-upon-Trent.
The house was purchased from Lord Petre after the restoration to be the London City mansion of the Bishop of London. From that time it was known by the name of London House. After the bishops ceased to use it as a residence, it was at last let out into tenements and warehouses. In 1750–1751 the ''
City of London Lying-in Hospital for married women and sick and lame Outpatients'' was located in London House before moving to Thanet or Shaftesbury House also in Aldersgate Street. In the late 1760s the structure was consumed by fire, and private buildings were erected in its place.
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History of the City of London