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THE BATH ROAD 



Tavern, in Holborn, whose mellowed red -brick front- 

 age gave so great an air of distinction to that now 

 commonplace thoroughfare. Among the last of the 



COUBTYAED OF THE " OLD BELL," HOLBORN. DEJIOLISHED 1897. 



old salleried inns, some of its timbers dated back to 

 1521. The front of the house was comparatively 

 juvenile, dating only from 1720. What its galleried 

 courtyard was like let this sketch record. The site 



