INNS of 
•£Tie trick and tile nfed In the gateway were dug from a 
piece of ground then called Coneygarth, lying on the 
weft fide of the houfe adjoining to Lincoln's-Inn Fields ; 
and 161. 7s. 5d. was paid for forty-three cart-loads of 
freeftone, together with the wrought-work of chimneys, 
and fculpturing the arms over the gate. But, though 
the gate-houfe was thus finifhed, the gales themfelves 
were not ordered to be put up till the 25 Henry VIII. 
when the building was finally completed by an order of 
council, which likewife dire&ed the making of more brick 
for another building, under the diredftion of a Mr. Hey- 
den the elder. This latter building contained nine cham¬ 
bers, and was three ftories high. It flood on the poftern- 
ftde of the houfe towards the fields, and was begun in 
Trinity term, 27 Henry VIII. the expence amounting to 
499I. Ss. 4d. 
The 34th of Henry VIII. the ftreet now called Chan¬ 
cery-lane was, at the expence of the fociety, ordered to 
be paved with Hone as far as the extent of their own 
houfe and garden 5 this cofl 46I. and took place purfuant 
to an aft of parliament, made in 1540, which directed 
the paving of the whole ftreet. 
Chancery-lane, in the time of Edward I. was fo foul 
and dirty, that John Briton, cujios of London, had it 
barred up, to hinder any harm that might happen in pair¬ 
ing that way ; and the bifliop of Chichefter, whofe houfe 
was there, kept up the bar for many years. Afterwards, 
however, upon an inquifition made of the annoyances of 
London, the inqueft prefented, that John bifliop of Chi¬ 
chefter, ten years pall, flopped up a certain lane, called 
Chancellor’s-lane, levando ibid, duas Jlapulas turn una barra, 
i. e. by fetting up there two ftaples with one bar, acrofs 
the faid lane, whereby men with carts and other carri¬ 
ages could not pafs. The bifliop anfwered, that John 
Briton, while he was cuftos of London, for that the faid 
lane was fo dirty that no man could pafs, fet up the faid 
ftaples and bar; and he granted that what was an annoy¬ 
ance fliould be taken away ; which was done by the flieriff 
accordingly. 
Till the beginning of the reign of Elizabeth, the enclo¬ 
sure which feparated Lincoln’s Inn from Chancery-lane 
on the one fide, and from the fields fince called Lincoln’s- 
Inn Fields, on the other, was merely an embankment of 
clay ; but in the firft year of that princefs an order was 
made that a brick wall and gates fhould be fet up on the 
backfide of the houfe, and that the gates on the forefide 
(or gate-houfe) fhould be put upj which it feems, not- 
withllanding the direftions given in 25 Henry VIII. was 
not before done. This work, however, lay dormant till 
4 Elizabeth, when new direflions were given for mak¬ 
ing three thoufand bricks in Coneygarth ; and Mr. New- 
digate, a member of the fociety, was appointed furveyor, 
Thefe bricks were employed in making the wall along 
the garden-fide towards Chancery-lane, with a pair of 
gates in the midft of it; and was finifhed in two years; 
ten fhillings being allowed to the panyer-man, for the 
lofs he fuftained in the produce of the garden deftroyed 
in making the bricks. 
In 7 Elizabeth the gallery was built over the fqreen .at 
the lower .end of the hall. The enfuing year “ a fair and 
beautiful wall was ordered to be made, on the backfide 
of the houfe, together with a cellar and paffage to the 
Chapel. Provifion of timber and other materials was at 
the fame time made for other buildings on the north fide 
of the quadrangle, and which cofl 450I. jis. ud. Thefe 
were afterwards enlarged at an additional expence of 
127I. 12s. 8d. ifTued for that purpofe out of the treafury; 
and three years afterwards the well was converted into a 
pump. 
In the beginning of the .reign of James I. a brick wall, 
nine feet high, was ordered to be made before the kitchen 
windows and chambers, and for enclofing the garden 
there ; and, two years afterwards, another brick wa.ll, ap¬ 
pointed to be fet up by line, from the new wall near the 
»orth gate, leading to the walks } to the new wail towards 
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the Antelope, and 60I. allowed for tire fame. This eh- 
clofed the long walk. In the fifth year of this reign, at a 
council, held 19th June, an order was made for pulling 
oown the old buildings of the fliort gallery “ between the 
gate-houfe and the chambers of fir John Tindall, knight, 
and Mr. Henry Davies, (two of the mailers of the bench 
of this houfe ;) and that a new building of brick, (tone, 
and timber, fhould be ere^ed in the room thereof.” The 
following year it was ordered, that fuch as were overfeers 
of the intended buildings, then in hand, ihould take into 
their confideration the building of a new, chapel, and 
likewile of the long gallery, and Come other buildings, 
then intended to be made in this houfe ; and, in Odtober 
following, it was- farther ordered, that all fuch as had 
c ham bets in the faid long gallery, fliould pay towards 
thole new buildings 50I. for each chamber, viz. 25I. apiece; 
and luch as were new takers to pay 70I. viz. 35I. apiece ; 
as alfo that the laid building fhould be made twenty-four 
feet fquare within the walls, and nether rooms to have cel- 
lai s, wherein to lay wood. This year alfo ic was refolved 
that the old buildings in the long gallery, near the 
kitchen, and towards Bevington’s houfe, fhould be pulled 
down, and a new building of brick, ftone, and timber, 
erefted in their place, which was accordingly done j the 
expence amounting to 1409I. 9 s. 5 d. befides old materials. 
And the fucceeding year, a uniform building, containing 
twenty chambers, was direfled to be built on the north 
hde of the houfe, anfwerable in length and breadth to 
that lafl finifhed. 
_The foregoing buildings comprife the ancient part of 
Lincoln’s Inn (with the exception of the chapel), and arc 
moft of them yet Handing, being thofe adjoining Chan¬ 
cery-lane, and approached by the great gate-houfe. The 
modern part, which occupies the greatelt extent, lies to 
tile noith and fouth, and confifts of two principal piles of 
building, known by the name of the New Square or 
Searle’s Court, and the Stone Buildings. 
Searle s Court was part of the plot of ground called 
Little Lincoln s-Inn Fields, and received its name from 
Henry Searle, efq. a bencher of the houfe, whofe property 
it was about 1697. It is furrounded on three Tides by 
large handfome brick buildings, the chambers of which 
are fpacious and convenient, but for the moft part want 
rebuilding. The fourth, or north fide, opens on the gar- 
den. In the midft of this fquare, which is covered with 
gravel and neatly kept, is a fountain (as it is called), 
confilling of a fmall handfome column, of the Corinthian 
Older, from a defign of Inigo Jones ; the top fupported a; 
iun-dial, and the four corners of the pedeftal infant tri¬ 
tons holding fhells, which formerly fpouted water. This 
is in itfelf a handfome decoration ; but, if it were ftill 
-kept playing, would preferve its name with more pro¬ 
priety, and give far greater pleafure than the bafon of 
ftagnant water which at prefent fcandalizes the place. The 
arms of'Mr. Searle, with thofe of the inn, are in one cor¬ 
ner of this fquare. 
The Stone Buildings .are a fet of rooms fo called from 
the material with which they are ereiled, and Hand to- 
waids the noi th end of Chancery-lane, immediately behind 
the Six Clerks’ Office, their fronts facing the weft. This 
handfome range is part of a regular and noble plan, formed 
a few years fince, for rebuilding the whole inn, but which 
has never been completed. The chambers are the moft 
pleafant and elegant of any belonging to the fociety. 
having, independent of the gracefulneis of the build¬ 
ings themfelves, a fpacious and very beautiful garden, 
the whole length in front with Lincoln’s-Inn Square, or 
Fields, beyond. This piece of archite&ure is the work 
ot fir Robert Taylor; and is not only fimple and elegant 
in its exterior, but the rooms or chambers are on a grand 
and commodious fcale, ° 
In the Old Buildings, the principal objefts worthy 
notice are, the gateway, the hall, and the chapel. 
The gateway, before mentioned, is a large brick bulld¬ 
og? with a pointed ftone arch, and has. a moft vene¬ 
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