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Bartlett's Buildings, once known as Bartlett's Court, was the name of a street, off Holborn Circus in the City of London, known for the number of lawyers who had offices there. It was a cul-de-sac but an alley ran from the west side to Fetter Lane that was known as Bartlett's Passage. It was destroyed in 1941 during a Second World War air raid.
George Thornbury noted in 1878 that it was mentioned in the burial register of St. Andrew's, the parish of which it was a part, as early as November 1615, when it was called Bartlett's Court.[2]
John Strype's A survey of the Cities of London and Westminster (1720) calls it "a very handsome spacious Place, graced with good Buildings of Brick, with Gardens behind the Houses; and is a Place very well inhabited by Gentry, and Persons of good Repute."[3]
Henry Chamberlain's 1770 survey said: "Bartlet's-buildings is a very handsome spacious place, graced with good houses of brick, with gardens behind them, and is principally inhabited by gentlemen".[4]
Bartlett's Buildings is mentioned in Jane Austen's novel Sense and Sensibility (1811) as the place where the two Miss Steeles lodge when visiting their cousin.[5]
The street was once home to the Farringdon Dispensary and Lying in Charity, shown in a watercolour drawing by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd of 1858.[1]
The street was totally destroyed during a Second World War air raid in 1941[5] and subsequently replaced by New Fetter Lane.
