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350 years in the architectural evolution of Lincoln’s Inn, from 1672 to 2022: ‘Self-consciously Gothic, constitutional and English’

In the second of two articles, John Goodall examines the architectural development of Lincoln’s Inn from the late 17th century to the present day.

On the afternoon of February 29, 1672, Charles II and a glittering company of courtiers were honourably received at Lincoln’s Inn. The occasion was proudly described in the society’s administrative chronicle, known as the Black Books, and is celebrated in a series of early 19th-century heraldic painted panels inserted…

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