Lion House, WC1V

Block in/near Holborn

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Lion House is a block on Red Lion Street.



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NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE
British Museum British Museum was a station on the Central line, located in Holborn and taking its name from the nearby British Museum in Great Russell Street.
Lisle’s Tennis Court Lisle’s Tennis Court was a building off Portugal Street in Lincoln’s Inn Fields in London.
St Peter’s Italian Church St. Peter’s Italian Church is a Basilica-style church located in Holborn.
Staple Inn Staple Inn is London’s only surviving sixteenth-century domestic building, situated on the south side of High Holborn.
The 1860s map of London "Stanford’s Library Map of London and its Suburbs" was published in 1862
Weston’s Music Hall Weston’s Music Hall was a music hall and theatre that opened in 1857. In 1906, the theatre became known as the Holborn Empire.

NEARBY STREETS
Africa House, WC2A Residential block (Holborn)
Africa House, WC2B Africa House is a block on Kingsway
Alliance House, WC1V Alliance House is a building on High Holborn (Chancery Lane)
Arab Press House, WC1V Arab Press House is located on High Holborn
Aria House, WC1V Aria House is located on Newton Street
Arne Street, WC2E Arne Street was named after the 18th century composer Thomas Arne, who was born near here (Covent Garden)
Atkin Building, WC1R Atkin Building is a block on Jockey’s Fields (Holborn)
Aviation House, WC2B Aviation House is a building on Kingsway (Holborn)
Back Hill, EC1N Back Hill is simply named as it lies off (or to the ’back’) of a main road (Farringdon)
Baldwins Gardens, EC1N Baldwin Gardens runs between Gray’s Inn Road and Leather Lane (Farringdon)
Barbon Close, WC1N Barbon Close lies off Great Ormond Street (Bloomsbury)
Barclay House, WC1N Barclay House is a building on Queen Square (Bloomsbury)
Barnard’s Inn, EC4A Barnard’s Inn lies near Holborn Circus (City of London)
Barter Street, WC1A Barter Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1A postal area (Holborn)
Beacon House, WC2B Beacon House is a block on Kingsway
Beauchamp Building, EC1N Beauchamp Building is a building on Beauchamp Street (Farringdon)
Bedford Place, WC1B Bedford Place is one of the streets of London in the WC1B postal area (Bloomsbury)
Bedford Row, WC1R Bedford Row runs between Theobalds Road and Sandland Street (Holborn)
Bell Yard, EC4A Bell Yard is a small lane off the Strand where the Bell Inn once stood (City of London)
Betterton House, WC2H Betterton House is located on Betterton Street (Covent Garden)
Betterton Street, WC2E Betterton Street is one of the streets of London in the WC2H postal area (Covent Garden)
Bishop’s Court, WC2A Bishop’s Court lies off Chancery Lane (Chancery Lane)
Bloomsbury Place, WC1B The name of Bloomsbury Place is derived from William Blemund (Holborn)
Bloomsbury Square, WC1A The 4th Earl of Southampton was granted a building license for the construction of Bloomsbury Square in 1661 (Holborn)
Bloomsbury Way, WC1V Bloomsbury Way - the name Bloomsbury is first noted in 1201, when Norman landowner William de Blemond acquired the land (Holborn)
Boswell Street, WC1N Boswell Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Breams Buildings, EC4A Breams Buildings is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area (City of London)
Bristol House, WC1B Residential block (Holborn)
Brooke Street, EC1N Brooke Street runs north off of Holborn (Farringdon)
Bury Place, WC1A Bury Place is one of the streets of London in the WC1A postal area (Bloomsbury)
Carey Street, WC2A Carey Street is one of the streets of London in the WC2A postal area (Aldwych)
Catton Street, WC2B Catton Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1R postal area (Holborn)
Celtic House, WC1N Celtic House is a block on Johns Mews (Bloomsbury)
Chancery House, WC2A Chancery House is a block on Chancery Lane (Chancery Lane)
Chancery Lane, WC2A Chancery Lane has formed the western boundary of the City of London since 1994, having previously been divided between the London boroughs of Westminster and Camden (City of London)
Chancery Station House, WC1V Chancery Station House is a building on High Holborn (Chancery Lane)
Chichester Rents, WC2A Chichester Rents is one of the streets of London in the WC2A postal area (Westminster)
Churchill House, WC1R Churchill House is located on Red Lion Square (Holborn)
Clare Market, WC2A Clare Market is one of the streets of London in the WC2A postal area (Aldwych)
Clerkenwell Road, EC1R Clerkenwell Road is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Clerkenwell)
Cliffords Inn, EC4A Cliffords Inn is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area (City of London)
Cockpit Yard, WC1X Cockpit Yard leads off Northington Street (Bloomsbury)
Commonwealth House, WC1V Commonwealth House is a block on New Oxford Street
Cosmo Place, WC1B Cosmo Place is a road in the WC1B postcode area (Bloomsbury)
Cowdray House, WC2A Cowdray House is a building on Portugal Street (Aldwych)
Crane Court, EC4Y Crane Court lay beside the Two Crane Inn Tavern. (City of London)
Cursitor Street, EC4A Cursitor Street is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area (City of London)
Dane Street, WC1V Dane Street leads south from Red Lion Square (Holborn)
Dog and Duck Yard, WC1R Dog and Duck Yard lay off Princeton Street (Holborn)
Dombey Street, WC1N Dombey Street is a road in the WC1N postcode area (Bloomsbury)
Dryden Street, WC2B Dryden Street is one of the streets of London in the WC2E postal area (Covent Garden)
Dudley Court, WC2H Dudley Court is one of the streets of London in the WC2H postal area (Covent Garden)
Dyer’s Buildings, EC1N This is a street in the EC1N postcode area (City of London)
Eagle Street, WC1R Eagle Street runs parallel to High Holborn, one block north (Holborn)
Emerald Street, WC1N Emerald Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Endell Street, WC2H Endell Street, originally known as Belton Street, is a street that runs from High Holborn in the north to Long Acre and Bow Street in the south (Covent Garden)
Fetter Lane, EC4A Fetter Lane is corrupted from ’Fautre’ which was the name for a spear rest - spears were made close by (City of London)
Field Court, WC1R Field Court is one of the streets of London in the WC1R postal area (Holborn)
First Avenue House, WC1V First Avenue House is a block on High Holborn (Holborn)
Fisher Street, WC1R Fisher Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1R postal area (Holborn)
Fleur De Lis Court, EC4A Fleur De Lis Court was situated off Fetter Lane (City of London)
Frewell Building, EC1N Frewell Building is a block on Frewell Building (Farringdon)
Fulwood Place, WC1R Fulwood Place is one of the streets of London in the WC1V postal area (Chancery Lane)
Furnival Street, EC4A Furnival Street commemorates Furnival’s Inn, which used to stand opposite (City of London)
Galen Place, WC1A Galen Place is one of the streets of London in the WC1A postal area (Bloomsbury)
Gate Street, WC2A Gate Street is one of the streets of London in the WC2A postal area
Gloucester Road, WC1N Gloucester Road is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Gravel Street, EC1N Gravel Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1N postal area (Farringdon)
Grays Inn Place, WC1R Grays Inn Place is one of the streets of London in the WC1R postal area (Holborn)
Grays Inn Square Chambers, WC1R Grays Inn Square Chambers is one of the streets of London in the WC1R postal area (Holborn)
Grays Inn Square, WC1R Grays Inn Square is one of the streets of London in the WC1R postal area (Holborn)
Great James Street, WC1N Great James Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Great Queen Street, WC2B Great Queen Street is a continuation of Long Acre from Drury Lane to Kingsway.
Great Russell Street, WC1A Great Russell Street commemorates the marriage of the daughter of the 4th Earl of Southampton to William Russell in 1669 (Bloomsbury)
Great Turnstile, WC1V This is a street in the WC1V postcode area (Holborn)
Green Dragon House, WC2B Green Dragon House is a block on Stukeley Street
Griffin Building, WC1X Griffin Building is a block on Theobalds Road (Farringdon)
Hand Court, WC1R Hand Court is one of the streets of London in the WC1V postal area (Holborn)
Hardwicke Building, WC2A Hardwicke Building is a block on Hardwicke Building
Harpur Mews, WC1R Harpur Mews was originally the stabling for houses in Harpur Street (Bloomsbury)
Harpur Street, WC1R There are two theories about the naming of Harpur Street (Bloomsbury)
High Holborn, WC1V High Holborn was part of the old road from Newgate and the Tower to the gallows at Tyburn. (Holborn)
High Holborn, WC2B High Holborn is a road which is the highest point in the City of London - 22 metres above sea level
Holborn Tower, WC1V Holborn Tower is a building on High Holborn (Holborn)
Holborn, EC1N Holborn commemorates the River Fleet, also known as the Holbourne stream (City of London)
Jockeys Fields, WC1R Jockeys Fields is one of the streets of London in the WC1R postal area (Holborn)
Johns Mews, WC1N Johns Mews is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Keeley Street, WC2B Keeley Street has a dual history (Covent Garden)
Kings Mews, WC1X Kings Mews is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Kingsgate Est, WC1B A street within the WC1B postcode (Bloomsbury)
Kingsgate Street, WC1R Kingsgate Street ran from High Holborn to Theobald’s Road (Holborn)
Kingsway, WC2A Kingsway is one of the streets of London in the WC2B postal area (Westminster)
Kirk Street, WC1N Kirk Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Lacon House, WC1X Lacon House is a block on Theobald’s Road (Bloomsbury)
Lakatos Building, WC2A Lakatos Building is a block on Portugal Street (Aldwych)
Lamb’s Conduit Passage, WC1R This is a street in the WC1R postcode area (Holborn)
Lamb’s Conduit Street, WC1N Lamb’s Conduit Street takes its name from Lambs Conduit - a dam across a tributary of the River Fleet (Bloomsbury)
Langdale House, EC1N Langdale House can be found on Dorrington Street (Farringdon)
Langdon House, EC1N Langdon House is a block on Leather Lane (Farringdon)
Laystall Street, EC1R Laystall Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Clerkenwell)
Leather Lane, EC1N Leather Lane is a street one block west of Hatton Garden, in the Holborn area of London (Farringdon)
Lever Building, EC1R Lever Building is a block on Clerkenwell Road (Farringdon)
Lincoln’s Inn Fields, WC2A Lincoln’s Inn Fields is the largest public square in London, laid out in the 1630s under the initiative of the speculative builder William Newton (Westminster)
Lion Court, WC1R Lion Court is one of the streets of London in the WC1V postal area (Holborn)
Lion House, WC1V Lion House is a block on Red Lion Street (Holborn)
Lionel Robbins Building, WC2A Lionel Robbins Building is sited on Portugal Street (Aldwych)
Little Russel Street, WC1A Little Russel Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1A postal area (Bloomsbury)
Little Russell Street, WC1A Little Russell Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1A postal area (Bloomsbury)
Little Turnstile, WC2A Little Turnstile is one of the streets of London in the WC1V postal area (Holborn)
London Silver Vaults, WC1V London Silver Vaults is one of the streets of London in the WC2A postal area (Chancery Lane)
Macklin Street, WC2B Macklin Street is one of the streets of London in the WC2B postal area
Napier House, WC1V Napier House is a block on High Holborn (Chancery Lane)
New Academic Building, WC2A New Academic Building is located on Lincoln’s Inn Fields (Westminster)
New North Street, WC1N New North Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
New Oxford Street, WC1A New Oxford Street was built in 1840 to ease congestion in St Giles High Street (Holborn)
New Penderel House, WC1V New Penderel House is a block on High Holborn (Holborn)
New Square Passage, WC2A This is a street in the WC2A postcode area
New Square, WC2A New Square is one of the streets of London in the WC2A postal area
Newton Street, WC1V Newton Street is named for Isaac Newton, scientist and mathematician
Northington Street, WC1N Northington Street was named after Robert Henley, 1st Earl of Northington, Lord Chancellor in the 1760s. (Bloomsbury)
Norwich Street, EC4A Norwich Street is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area (City of London)
Old Buildings, WC2A Old Buildings lies off Old Square
Old Glocester Street, WC1N Old Glocester Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Old Gloucester Street, WC1N Old Gloucester Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Old Glouster Street, WC1N Old Glouster Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Old Square, WC2A Old Square gained this name after the building of New Square in 1682.
Orange Street, WC1R Orange Street disappeared from the map to be replaced by St Martin’s College of Art (now Central Saint Martins) (Holborn)
Orde Hall Street, WC1N Orde Hall Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Ormond Close, WC1N Ormond Close is a road in the WC1N postcode area (Bloomsbury)
Ormond Mews Ormond Mews - also Ormond Yard - was made up of two extensive rows of mews and was situated just south of Great Ormond Street. (Bloomsbury)
Parker Mews, WC2B Parker Mews is one of the streets of London in the WC2B postal area
Parker Street, WC2B Parker Street is one of the streets of London in the WC2B postal area
Parker Tower, WC2B Parker Tower is a block on Parker Street
Pied Bull Court, WC1A Pied Bull Court is one of the streets of London in the WC1A postal area (Bloomsbury)
Pied Bull Yard, WC1A Pied Bull Yard is one of the streets of London in the WC1A postal area (Holborn)
Portpool Lane, EC1N Portpool Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC1N postal area (Farringdon)
Portsmouth Street, WC2A Portsmouth Street is one of the streets of London in the WC2A postal area (Aldwych)
Portugal Street, WC2A Portugal Street was named in honour of Charles II’s Portuguese queen Catherine of Braganza (Aldwych)
Powis Place, WC1N Powis Place was built on the former site of Powis House, built for William Herbert, 2nd Marquess of Powis, a prominent 17th/18th century Jacobite. (Bloomsbury)
Princeton Street, WC1R Princeton Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1R postal area (Holborn)
Procter Street, WC1V Procter Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1V postal area (Holborn)
Proctor Street, WC1V Proctor Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1V postal area (Holborn)
Quality Court, WC2A Quality Court is a courtyard, built around 1700 (Chancery Lane)
Queen Annes Square, WC1N Queen Annes Square is a road in the SE1 postcode area (Bloomsbury)
Queen Square, WC1N Queen Square was laid out by speculator Nicholas Barbon (Bloomsbury)
Queens House, WC2A Queens House is a block on Lincoln’s Inn Fields (Westminster)
Raymond Buildings, WC1R Raymond Buildings is one of the streets of London in the WC1R postal area (Holborn)
Red Lion Square, WC1R Red Lion Square was built from the late 1680s by speculator Nicholas Barbon (Holborn)
Red Lion Street, WC1R Red Lion Street connects High Holborn with Theobalds Road (Holborn)
Regent Square, WC1N Regent Square is a road in the WC1N postcode area (Bloomsbury)
Richbell Place, WC1N Richbell Place is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Rolls Buildings, EC4A Rolls Buildings is a block on Rolls Buildings (City of London)
Rolls Passage, WC2A Rolls Passage is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area (City of London)
Rugby Chambers, WC1N Rugby Chambers is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Rugby Street, WC1N Rugby Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Sandland Street, WC1R Sandland Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1R postal area (Holborn)
Sardinia House, WC2A Sardinia House can be found on Lincoln’s Inn Fields (Aldwych)
Sardinia Street, WC2A Sardinia Street is one of the streets of London in the WC2A postal area (Westminster)
Sardinia Street, WC2B Sardinia Street, formerly Duke Street, was a street that ran from Prince’s Street in the south to the western side of Lincoln’s Inn Fields in the north. (Aldwych)
Serle Street, WC2A Serle Street is a road in the WC2A postcode area
Sheffield Street, WC2A Sheffield Street is one of the streets of London in the WC2A postal area (Aldwych)
Shelton Street, WC2E Shelton Street is a road in the WC2B postcode area (Covent Garden)
Shorts Gardens, WC2H Shorts Gardens is one of the streets of London in the WC2H postal area (Covent Garden)
Sicilian Avenue, WC1V Sicilian Avenue is a shopping parade that diagonally runs in between Southampton Row and Bloomsbury Way (Holborn)
Silver Vaults, WC1V Silver Vaults is one of the streets of London in the WC2A postal area (Chancery Lane)
South Square, WC1X South Square is one of the streets of London in the WC1R postal area (Chancery Lane)
Southampton Buildings, WC2A Southampton Buildings marks the site of the house of the 4th Earl of Southampton, son of Shakespeare’s patron. (Chancery Lane)
Southampton Place, WC1A Southampton Place is one of the streets of London in the WC1A postal area (Holborn)
Southampton Row, WC1B Southampton Row is one of the streets of London in the WC1B postal area (Holborn)
Southampton Row, WC1V Southampton Row is a road in the WC1V postcode area (Holborn)
St Clement’s Building, WC2A St Clement’s Building is a block on Clare Market (Aldwych)
St Clements Lane, WC2A St Clements Lane has also been known as Clements Lane (Aldwych)
Staple Inn Buildings, WC1V Staple Inn Buildings is part of historic Staple Inn (City of London)
Staple Inn Buildings, WC1X Staple Inn Buildings is one of the streets of London in the WC1V postal area (City of London)
Star Yard, WC2A Star Yard is one of the streets of London in the WC2A postal area (Westminster)
Sterling House, EC1N Sterling House can be found on Holborn (City of London)
Stone Buildings, WC2A Stone Buildings is one of the streets of London in the WC2A postal area (Chancery Lane)
Stukeley Street, WC2B Stukeley Street is one of the streets of London in the WC2B postal area
Summit House, WC1R Summit House is a block on Red Lion Square (Holborn)
Swan House, WC1V Swan House is a block on High Holborn (Chancery Lane)
The Griffin Building, EC1R The Griffin Building is a block on Clerkenwell Road (Farringdon)
Theobald’s Road, WC1N Theobald’s Road is a road in the WC1R postcode area (Holborn)
Theobalds Road, WC1N Theobalds Road is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area (Holborn)
Took’s Court, EC4A Took’s Court is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area (City of London)
Twining Street, WC2A Gilbert Street was renamed Twining Street after 1895 (Aldwych)
Tybalds Close, WC1N Tybalds Close is a location in London (Bloomsbury)
Vere Street, WC2B Vere Street was a street in the Lincoln’s Inn Fields area (Aldwych)
Verulam Buildings, WC1R Verulam Buildings is one of the streets of London in the WC1R postal area (Holborn)
Verulam Street, WC1X Verulam Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area (Farringdon)
Victoria House, WC1B Victoria House is a block on Southampton Row (Holborn)
Warwick Court, WC1V Warwick Court runs north from High Holborn (Holborn)
Waterhouse Square, EC1N Waterhouse Square is one of the streets of London in the EC1N postal area (Farringdon)
Waterman House, WC2B Waterman House is sited on Kingsway (Aldwych)
Wee House, EC1R Wee House is a block on Laystall Street (Clerkenwell)
Weston House, WC1V Weston House is located on High Holborn (Holborn)
Whetstone Park, WC2A Whetstone Park is a road in the WC2A postcode area (Holborn)
White Bear Yard, EC1R White Bear Yard is location of London (Farringdon)
Wild Court, WC2B Wild Court leads west from the Kingsway
Wild Street, WC2B Wild Street is one of the streets of London in the WC2B postal area (Covent Garden)
William Sinkins House, WC2A William Sinkins House is a block on Carey Street (Westminster)
Yorkshire Grey Yard, WC1V Yorkshire Grey Yard lies off of Eagle Street, WC1 (Holborn)


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