Inner Temple Gatehouse is a Grade II* listed building in the City of London local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 January 1950. A Post-Medieval Gatehouse. 2 related planning applications.

Inner Temple Gatehouse

WRENN ID
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Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
City of London
Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 January 1950
Type
Gatehouse
Period
Post-Medieval
Address
Inner Temple Gatehouse, Inner Temple Lane Ec4, City and County of the City of London, EC4Y 1AF
OS grid reference
TQ 311 811
Coordinates
51.51372, -0.11092
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Inner Temple Gatehouse, located at 17 Fleet Street, is a significant building dating from 1610-11, although it has undergone considerable restoration and rebuilding. The structure features four storeys, with the ground storey set back and adorned with a decorative stone archway dated 1748. A modern shop occupies this level. Above, the two storeys are timber framed and include reconstructed oriel windows. The top storey is recessed and features two plastered gables on a tiled roof, along with a timber balustrade at the front. Inside, there is an altered late 17th-century staircase and an early 17th-century room known as 'Prince Henry's Room' on the first floor, which boasts a fine plaster ceiling and panelling. The rear wing was rebuilt in 1905 and consists of three main storeys, finished in glazed brick and pebbledash.

Local climate

Inner Temple Gatehouse sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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