No.5 Paper Buildings. |
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The first building on this site, formerly part of the gardens,
was Heyward's Building (1610). The present name, in use by the 1650s,
described the timber and plaster 'paper work' of which it was constructed.
Here John Selden had his chambers. They were rebuilt, in brick,
in 1685; on the north end were painted frescoes of the Virtues,
still to be seen in Charles Lamb's time. Those buildings were destroyed
in 1838 by a fire, which contemporaries attributed to the carelessness
of William Maule K.C. (later Mr Justice Maule) in leaving a candle
by his bedside. They were immediately rebuilt. No. 5 was added at
the southern end, at right-angles to the main range, by Sydney Smirke
in 1847-49. It is in an unusual style, with neo-perpendicular decoration,
and bears the arms and initials of Thomas Starkie, Treasurer 1847,
and George Chilton, Treasurer 1849.
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