2-699-142 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Shaftesbury House', (c1872). Shaftesbury House, in Aldersgate Street in the City of London, was built c1644 by Inigo Jones. Also known as Thanet House, it was later used as a tavern, a lying-in hospital, and a dispensary. It was demolished in 1882. From Old and New London, Vol. II: A Narrative of Its History, Its People, and Its Places, by Walter Thornbury. [Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., London, Paris & New York]