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Sardinia Street, Lincoln's Inn

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View of the entrance to Lincoln's Inn Fields in Duke Street by John Crowther
View of the entrance to Lincoln's Inn Fields in Duke Street by John Crowther

Sardinia Street, formerly Duke Street was the northern continuation of Kemble Street (formerly Princes Street). It ended, like its successor, on the west side (carriageway) of Lincoln's Inn Fields in the north, but further north. It was joined on its western side by King's Head Yard (demolished) and Wild Street (formerly Great Wild Street), and opposite by Vere Street (demolished). On the eastern side at the northern end was a Roman Catholic chapel and chapel yard.

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Sardinia Street, Lincoln's Inn
Lincoln's Inn Fields, London Holborn (London Borough of Camden)

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View of the entrance to Lincoln's Inn Fields in Duke Street by John Crowther
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LSE Law School

LSE Law School is the Law School of the London School of Economics. It was founded in 1919 with the appointment of Sir Ernest Cassel as Professor of Law. The current Dean of LSE Law School is David Kershaw. LSE Law School is located on Lincoln's Inn Fields in the Cheng Kin Ku Building (abbreviated as CKK, formerly the New Academic Building, NAB), named in honour of LSE donor Vincent Cheng’s father.LSE Law School is ranked #7 globally in the 2023 QS World University subject ranking for law and legal studies, #3 in the 2023 Guardian UK universities ranking for Law, #3 in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings for law (UK), and #4 in the Complete University Guide subject ranking for law. LSE Law School offers undergraduate (LLB, BA Law and Anthropology), taught postgraduate (LLM, Executive LLM), and research (PhD) degrees.LSE Law School has traditionally maintained close academic ties with the Modern Law Review, and hosts its annual Chorley Lecture, named in honour of Robert Chorley, 1st Baron Chorley. LSE Law School has graduated a number of notable alumni, including Cherie Blair, Shami Chakrabarti, Eugenia Charles, John Compton, Jean Corston, Linda Dobbs, Audrey Eu, Lord Tony Grabiner, Makhdoom Ali Khan, Mia Mottley, Dorab Patel, P. J. Patterson, Mónica Feria Tinta, and Veerasamy Ringadoo.Current and former professors at LSE Law School include Julia Black, Robert Chorley, 1st Baron Chorley, Hugh Collins, Ross Cranston, Paul Davies, A. V. Dicey, Neil Duxbury, Judith Freedman, Conor Gearty, Laurence Gower, Christopher Greenwood, Rosalyn Higgins, Lady Higgins, Jeremy Horder, Derry Irvine, Emily Jackson, Otto Kahn-Freund, David Kershaw, Nicola Lacey, Niamh Moloney, David Hughes Parry, Thomas Poole, Henry Slesser, Stanley Alexander de Smith, Cedric Thornberry, Sarah Worthington, Bill Wedderburn, Baron Wedderburn of Charlton, Glanville Williams and Michael Zander.

Newcastle House
Newcastle House

Newcastle House is a mansion in Lincoln's Inn Fields in central London, England. It was one of the two largest houses built in London's largest square during its development in the 17th century, the other being Lindsey House. It is the northernmost house on the western side of the square. The house had a complex history. The first version was built in 1641-42 for the Earl of Carlisle. In 1672 it was purchased by William Herbert, 1st Marquess of Powis and renamed Powis House, but in 1684 it burned down. Reconstruction of a new house – effectively the one which still stands, albeit greatly altered – to designs by Captain William Winde commenced promptly, but in 1688 the house was ransacked by a mob in consequence of Lord Powis's association with the recently deposed James II. The following year Lord Powis's estates were attainted and he fled to France. The house was completed by Christopher Wren in 1694.Powis House was designated the official residence of the Lord Keeper of the Great Seal. In 1694 the charter of the newly formed Bank of England was sealed there. By 1705 the house had been returned to the Powis family, and in that year they sold it to John Holles, who had alterations made by John Vanbrugh. Thereafter it was called Newcastle House. The building was a compact block with three main storeys, plus two storeys of basements below and two storeys of attics above. It was built of brick with bold stone quoins, band courses and cornice. There were two projecting wings to the rear, so a large amount of accommodation was fitted into the compact site. Holles left the house to his nephew Thomas Pelham-Holles, who was confusingly also created 1st Duke of Newcastle (his uncle's was the second creation, his the third). This latter duke was a prominent politician and latterly Prime Minister of Great Britain. He held court at Newcastle House for several decades and died there in 1768. He used it as his premier London residence throughout his life (preferring it to 10 Downing Street when he was Prime Minister), and threw many lavish parties there which were attended by much of London society. The Prime Minister was Newcastle House's last aristocratic occupant. His widow sold the house to the banker Henry Kendall for £8,400. He had it divided in two and in 1790 one half was purchased by James Farrer. The solicitors Farrer & Co still occupy the building, and in the early 20th century they purchased the other half and reunited the building. Also in the early 1900s, the rear wings were removed in connection with the construction of Kingsway, a major thoroughfare which was driven through the small streets just to the west of Lincoln's Inn Fields. Farrer & Co commissioned alternations by Sir Edwin Lutyens in the 1930s, but the building still retains much of its late 17th and early 18th century fabric and appearance. In the 17th century there was a mansion called Newcastle House in Clerkenwell, which belonged to an earlier Duke of Newcastle.