The Original Cell at Maughan Library
The Original Cell at Maughan Library is a historic site in City of London, Greater London, England. The Original Cell at Maughan Library is situated nearby to Weston Room, as well as near the city gate Gateway tower.Photo: Cmglee, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: heritage room used to store archives, first fire-proof building/room in England.
- Also known as: “The Original Cell”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Leicester Square and Maughan Library.
Leicester Square
Photo: Aurelien Guichard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The area around Leicester Square, often called the West End, is the entertainment heart of London. The area also includes Chinatown, Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar Square.
Maughan Library
Library
Photo: FormerBBC, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Maughan Library is the main university research library of King's College London, forming part of the Strand Campus. A 19th-century neo-Gothic building located on Chancery Lane in the City of London, it was formerly the home to the headquarters of the Public Record Office, known as the "strong-box of the Empire", and was acquired by the university in 2001.
Temple Church
Church
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Temple Church, a royal peculiar in the Church of England, is a church in the Inner and Middle Temples located between Fleet Street and the River Thames in London, England. Temple Church is situated 760 feet south of The Original Cell at Maughan Library.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Temple and Holborn-Clerkenwell.
Temple
Quarter
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Temple is an area or precinct of the City of London surrounding Temple Church. It is one of the main legal districts in London and a notable centre for English law, from the Middle Ages to the present day.
Holborn-Clerkenwell
Photo: Matthew Black, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Holborn-Clerkenwell is a district in central London that is in many ways a buffer zone between London's West End and the City of London financial district.
St Clement Danes
Neighborhood
St Clement Danes was a civil parish in the metropolitan area of London, England; an ecclesiastical version remains. The parish was split between the Liberty of Westminster and the Liberty of the Duchy of Lancaster.
The Original Cell at Maughan Library
- Categories: room, tourism, and historic site
- Location: City of London, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.51524° or 51° 30′ 55″ northLongitude
-0.11129° or 0° 6′ 41″ westOpen location code
9C3XGV8Q+3FOpenStreetMap ID
way 1184102363OpenStreetMap feature
historic=roomOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q119831462
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