St John's Gate on a Sunday, Clerkenwell, London oast house the Romantic poet Robert Burns

the Romantic poet Robert Burns (1759-1796)

Plate 57 from Journal of a voyage to New South Wales

with the left end of the footbridge leading to the front of the Mansion House

Rangetaker

St John's Gate on a Sunday, Clerkenwell, London oast house the Romantic poet Robert BurnsSt John's Gate on a Sunday, Clerkenwell, London, 1926 1927. The gate was built in 1504 by Thomas Docwra, prior of the Priory of the Knights of Saint John. It served as the south entrance to the inner precinct. Part of the building is now used as a museum of the Knights Hospitallers and the St John's Ambulance Brigade. Illustration from Wonderful London, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, Volume I, published by Amalgamated Press, (London, 1926 1927).