Griffin Building, WC1X

Block in/near Farringdon

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Griffin Building is a block on Theobalds Road.



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NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE
Central School of Ballet Central School of Ballet is a classical ballet school based in London, with students from countries all over the world.
Foundling Hospital The Foundling Hospital in London was founded in 1741 by the philanthropic sea captain Thomas Coram.
Hockley-in-the-Hole Hockley-in-the-Hole was an area where bear-baiting and duelling took place in the 18th century.
Maison Novelli Maison Novelli was a restaurant in Clerkenwell, Central London, located opposite the Old Session House.
Marx Memorial Library The Marx Memorial Library in London holds more than 43,000 books, pamphlets and newspapers on Marxism, Scientific Socialism and Working class history.
Middlesex Sessions House The Former Middlesex Session(s) House or the Old Sessions House is a large building on Clerkenwell Green.
St Andrew The Church of St Andrew, Holborn stands within the Ward of Farringdon Without.
St Etheldreda’s Church St Etheldreda’s Church is in Ely Place, off Charterhouse Street in Holborn, London.
St James’s Church, Clerkenwell St James Church, Clerkenwell, is an Anglican parish church.
St Peter’s Italian Church St. Peter’s Italian Church is a Basilica-style church located in Holborn.
Staple Inn Staple Inn is London’s only surviving sixteenth-century domestic building, situated on the south side of High Holborn.
Weston’s Music Hall Weston’s Music Hall was a music hall and theatre that opened in 1857. In 1906, the theatre became known as the Holborn Empire.

NEARBY STREETS
Alliance House, WC1V Alliance House is a building on High Holborn (Chancery Lane)
Antwerp House, EC1N Antwerp House is a block on Kirby Street (Farringdon)
Atkin Building, WC1R Atkin Building is a block on Jockey’s Fields (Holborn)
Back Hill, EC1N Back Hill is simply named as it lies off (or to the ’back’) of a main road (Farringdon)
Bakers Yard, EC1R Baker’s Yard leads off Bakers Row (Clerkenwell)
Baker’s Row, EC1R Bakers Row was named after Richard Baker, a local 18th century carpenter (Clerkenwell)
Baldwins Gardens, EC1N Baldwin Gardens runs between Gray’s Inn Road and Leather Lane (Farringdon)
Barbon Close, WC1N Barbon Close lies off Great Ormond Street (Bloomsbury)
Barclay House, WC1N Barclay House is a building on Queen Square (Bloomsbury)
Beauchamp Building, EC1N Beauchamp Building is a building on Beauchamp Street (Farringdon)
Bedford Row, WC1R Bedford Row runs between Theobalds Road and Sandland Street (Holborn)
Bleeding Heart Yard, EC1N Bleeding Heart Yard is a courtyard off of Greville Street (Farringdon)
Boswell Street, WC1N Boswell Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Bowling Green Lane, EC1R Bowling Green Lane connects Farringdon Road with Northampton Road (Clerkenwell)
Brooke Street, EC1N Brooke Street runs north off of Holborn (Farringdon)
Brownlow Mews, WC1N Brownlow Mews is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Finsbury)
Calthorpe Street, WC1X Calthorpe Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area (Finsbury)
Catherine Griffiths Court, EC1R Catherine Griffiths Court is a road in the EC1R postcode area (Clerkenwell)
Catton Street, WC2B Catton Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1R postal area (Holborn)
Celtic House, WC1N Celtic House is a block on Johns Mews (Bloomsbury)
Challoner House, EC1R Challoner House is a building on Clerkenwell Close (Clerkenwell)
Chancery House, WC2A Chancery House is a block on Chancery Lane (Chancery Lane)
Chancery Station House, WC1V Chancery Station House is a building on High Holborn (Chancery Lane)
Churchill House, WC1R Churchill House is located on Red Lion Square (Holborn)
Clerkenwell Close, EC1R Clerkenwell Close is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Clerkenwell)
Clerkenwell Green, EC1M Clerkenwell Green is the street named after the historical green (Clerkenwell)
Clerkenwell Road, EC1R Clerkenwell Road is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Clerkenwell)
Cockpit Yard, WC1X Cockpit Yard leads off Northington Street (Bloomsbury)
Coldbath Square, EC1R Coldbath Square was named after a well of cold water that stood here alone in surrounding fields. (Clerkenwell)
County House, EC1N County House is a block on Hatton Garden (Farringdon)
Crawford Passage, EC1R Crawford Passage is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Farringdon)
Dane Street, WC1V Dane Street leads south from Red Lion Square (Holborn)
Dog and Duck Yard, WC1R Dog and Duck Yard lay off Princeton Street (Holborn)
Dombey Street, WC1N Dombey Street is a road in the WC1N postcode area (Bloomsbury)
Doughty Mews, WC1N Doughty Mews is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Doughty Street, WC1N Doughty Street is a broad tree-lined street in the Holborn district (Bloomsbury)
Dunstan House, EC1N Dunstan House is a block on St Cross Street (Farringdon)
Dyer’s Buildings, EC1N This is a street in the EC1N postcode area (City of London)
Eagle Street, WC1R Eagle Street runs parallel to High Holborn, one block north (Holborn)
Eldons Passage, EC1N A street within the EC1N postcode (Farringdon)
Elm Street, WC1X Elm Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area (Bloomsbury)
Ely Court, EC1N Ely Court runs between Hatton Garden and Ely Place (Farringdon)
Ely Place, EC1N Ely Place is a gated road at the southern tip of the London Borough of Camden (Farringdon)
Emerald Street, WC1N Emerald Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Experis House, EC1R Experis House is a block on Ray Street (Farringdon)
Eyre Street Hill, EC1R Eyre Street Hill runs south from Warner Street (Clerkenwell)
Farringdon Lane, EC1R Farringdon Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Clerkenwell)
Farringdon Road, EC1R Farringdon Road is a road in Clerkenwell and Finsbury (Clerkenwell)
Field Court, WC1R Field Court is one of the streets of London in the WC1R postal area (Holborn)
First Avenue House, WC1V First Avenue House is a block on High Holborn (Holborn)
Fisher Street, WC1R Fisher Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1R postal area (Holborn)
Frewell Building, EC1N Frewell Building is a block on Frewell Building (Farringdon)
Fulwood Place, WC1R Fulwood Place is one of the streets of London in the WC1V postal area (Chancery Lane)
Gloucester Road, WC1N Gloucester Road is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Gough Street, WC1X Gough Street is a road in the WC1X postcode area (Finsbury)
Gravel Street, EC1N Gravel Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1N postal area (Farringdon)
Grays Inn Place, WC1R Grays Inn Place is one of the streets of London in the WC1R postal area (Holborn)
Grays Inn Road, WC1X Grays Inn Road is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area (Finsbury)
Grays Inn Square Chambers, WC1R Grays Inn Square Chambers is one of the streets of London in the WC1R postal area (Holborn)
Grays Inn Square, WC1R Grays Inn Square is one of the streets of London in the WC1R postal area (Holborn)
Great James Street, WC1N Great James Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Great Ormond Street, WC1N Great Ormond Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Great Turnstile, WC1V This is a street in the WC1V postcode area (Holborn)
Greville Street, EC1N Greville Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1N postal area (Farringdon)
Griffin Building, WC1X Griffin Building is a block on Theobalds Road (Farringdon)
Griffin House, EC1N Griffin House can be found on Saffron Hill (Farringdon)
Guildhall North Wing, SE1 Guildhall North Wing is a location in London (Finsbury)
Guilford Street, WC1N Guilford Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Hand Court, WC1R Hand Court is one of the streets of London in the WC1V postal area (Holborn)
Harpur Mews, WC1R Harpur Mews was originally the stabling for houses in Harpur Street (Bloomsbury)
Harpur Street, WC1R There are two theories about the naming of Harpur Street (Bloomsbury)
Hatton Garden, EC1N Hatton Garden is a street and area noted as London’s jewellery quarter and centre of the UK diamond trade (Farringdon)
Hatton Place, EC1N Hatton Place is one of the streets of London in the EC1N postal area (Farringdon)
Hatton Square, EC1N Hatton Square is one of the streets of London in the EC1N postal area (Farringdon)
Hatton Wall, EC1N Hatton Wall is one of the streets of London in the EC1N postal area (Farringdon)
Herbal Hill, EC1N Herbal Hill leads north from Saffron Hill (Farringdon)
Herbal House, EC1R Herbal House is a block on Back Hill (Farringdon)
High Holborn, WC1V High Holborn was part of the old road from Newgate and the Tower to the gallows at Tyburn. (Holborn)
Holborn Circus, EC1N Holborn Circus is a junction of five highways in the City of London, on the boundary between Holborn, Hatton Garden and Smithfield (City of London)
Holborn, EC1N Holborn commemorates the River Fleet, also known as the Holbourne stream (City of London)
Holsworthy Square, WC1X This is a street in the WC1X postcode area (Bloomsbury)
Hooper House, EC1R Hooper House is a block on Clerkenwell Close (Clerkenwell)
Jockeys Fields, WC1R Jockeys Fields is one of the streets of London in the WC1R postal area (Holborn)
John Street, WC1N John Street was named for John Blagrave, carpenter to the Doughty family. (Bloomsbury)
Johns Mews, WC1N Johns Mews is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Jubilee House, WC1X Jubilee House is sited on Gray’s Inn Road (Finsbury)
Kings Mews, WC1X Kings Mews is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Kingsgate Street, WC1R Kingsgate Street ran from High Holborn to Theobald’s Road (Holborn)
Kirby Street, EC1N Kirby Street was named for Christopher Hatton’s Kirby House in Northamptonshire (Farringdon)
Kirk Street, WC1N Kirk Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Kovacs House, EC1N Kovacs House is a block on Hatton Garden (Farringdon)
Lacon House, WC1X Lacon House is a block on Theobald’s Road (Bloomsbury)
Lamb’s Conduit Passage, WC1R This is a street in the WC1R postcode area (Holborn)
Lamb’s Conduit Street, WC1N Lamb’s Conduit Street takes its name from Lambs Conduit - a dam across a tributary of the River Fleet (Bloomsbury)
Langdale House, EC1N Langdale House can be found on Dorrington Street (Farringdon)
Langdon House, EC1N Langdon House is a block on Leather Lane (Farringdon)
Lansdowne Terrace, WC1N Lansdowne Terrace is a street located in Bloomsbury which stretches from south to north, connecting Guilford Street to Brunswick Square. (Bloomsbury)
Laystall House, EC1R Laystall House is a block on Rosebury Avenue (Clerkenwell)
Laystall Street, EC1R Laystall Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Clerkenwell)
Leather Lane, EC1N Leather Lane is a street one block west of Hatton Garden, in the Holborn area of London (Farringdon)
Lever Building, EC1R Lever Building is a block on Clerkenwell Road (Farringdon)
Lins House, EC1R Lins House is located on Rosebery Avenue (Clerkenwell)
Lion Court, WC1R Lion Court is one of the streets of London in the WC1V postal area (Holborn)
Lion House, WC1V Lion House is a block on Red Lion Street (Holborn)
Little Turnstile, WC2A Little Turnstile is one of the streets of London in the WC1V postal area (Holborn)
London House, WC1N London House can be found on Doughty Street (Bloomsbury)
London Silver Vaults, WC1V London Silver Vaults is one of the streets of London in the WC2A postal area (Chancery Lane)
Long Yard, WC1N Long Yard is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Makers Yard, E3 Makers Yard is a location in London (Clerkenwell)
Matrix House, EC1R Matrix House is located on Baker’s Row (Farringdon)
Mecklenburgh Place, WC1N Mecklenburgh Place is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Millman Place, WC1N Millman Place is a road in the WC1N postcode area (Bloomsbury)
Millman Street, WC1N Millman Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Mount Pleasant, EC1R Mount Pleasant gained its ironic name in the 1730s after locals had begun to dump refuse there (Finsbury)
Mount Plesant, EC1R Mount Plesant is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area (Finsbury)
Napier House, WC1V Napier House is a block on High Holborn (Chancery Lane)
New House, EC1N New House is a block on Hatton Garden (Farringdon)
New North Street, WC1N New North Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
New Penderel House, WC1V New Penderel House is a block on High Holborn (Holborn)
North Mews, WC1N North Mews is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Northampton Road, EC1R Northampton Road is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Finsbury)
Northington Street, WC1N Northington Street was named after Robert Henley, 1st Earl of Northington, Lord Chancellor in the 1760s. (Bloomsbury)
Old Gloucester Street, WC1N Old Gloucester Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Orange Street, WC1R Orange Street disappeared from the map to be replaced by St Martin’s College of Art (now Central Saint Martins) (Holborn)
Orde Hall Street, WC1N Orde Hall Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Ormond Close, WC1N Ormond Close is a road in the WC1N postcode area (Bloomsbury)
Ormond Mews Ormond Mews - also Ormond Yard - was made up of two extensive rows of mews and was situated just south of Great Ormond Street. (Bloomsbury)
Pear Tree Court, EC1R Pear Tree Court is simply named – thought to be from a local pear tree (Clerkenwell)
Petersham House, EC1N Petersham House is a building on Hatton Garden (Farringdon)
Phoenix Place, EC3N Phoenix Place is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area (Finsbury)
Pine Street, EC1R Pine Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Clerkenwell)
Pooles Buildings, WC1X Pooles Buildings is a road in the EC1R postcode area (Clerkenwell)
Portpool Lane, EC1N Portpool Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC1N postal area (Farringdon)
Powis Place, WC1N Powis Place was built on the former site of Powis House, built for William Herbert, 2nd Marquess of Powis, a prominent 17th/18th century Jacobite. (Bloomsbury)
Princeton Street, WC1R Princeton Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1R postal area (Holborn)
Priory House, EC1R Priory House is located on Sans Walk (Clerkenwell)
Procter Street, WC1V Procter Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1V postal area (Holborn)
Proctor Street, WC1V Proctor Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1V postal area (Holborn)
Ray Street, EC1R Ray Street is a corruption of ‘Rag’, after the former local rag trade here (Farringdon)
Raymond Buildings, WC1R Raymond Buildings is one of the streets of London in the WC1R postal area (Holborn)
Red Lion Square, WC1R Red Lion Square was built from the late 1680s by speculator Nicholas Barbon (Holborn)
Red Lion Street, WC1R Red Lion Street connects High Holborn with Theobalds Road (Holborn)
Regent Square, WC1N Regent Square is a road in the WC1N postcode area (Bloomsbury)
Richbell Place, WC1N Richbell Place is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
River House, EC1R River House is a block on Farringdon Road (Farringdon)
Roger Street, WC1N Roger Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Rosebery Court, EC1R Rosebery Court is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Clerkenwell)
Rugby Chambers, WC1N Rugby Chambers is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Rugby Street, WC1N Rugby Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Saffron Hill, EC1M Saffron Hill’s name derives the time that it was part of an estate on which saffron grew (Farringdon)
Saffron House, EC1N Saffron House is a block on Saffron Hill (Farringdon)
Sandland Street, WC1R Sandland Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1R postal area (Holborn)
Sans Walk, EC1R Sans Walk was named after Edward Sans in 1893, who was then the oldest member of the local parish vestry (Clerkenwell)
Scotswood Street, EC1R Scotswood Street is a road in the EC1R postcode area (Clerkenwell)
Sicilian Avenue, WC1V Sicilian Avenue is a shopping parade that diagonally runs in between Southampton Row and Bloomsbury Way (Holborn)
Silver Vaults, WC1V Silver Vaults is one of the streets of London in the WC2A postal area (Chancery Lane)
South Square, WC1X South Square is one of the streets of London in the WC1R postal area (Chancery Lane)
Southampton Buildings, WC2A Southampton Buildings marks the site of the house of the 4th Earl of Southampton, son of Shakespeare’s patron. (Chancery Lane)
Southampton Row, WC1V Southampton Row is a road in the WC1V postcode area (Holborn)
St Cross Street, EC1N St Cross Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1N postal area (Farringdon)
Staple Inn Buildings, WC1V Staple Inn Buildings is part of historic Staple Inn (City of London)
Staple Inn Buildings, WC1X Staple Inn Buildings is one of the streets of London in the WC1V postal area (City of London)
Sterling House, EC1N Sterling House can be found on Holborn (City of London)
Summers Street, EC1N Summers Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Farringdon)
Summit House, WC1R Summit House is a block on Red Lion Square (Holborn)
Swan House, WC1V Swan House is a block on High Holborn (Chancery Lane)
Telescope House, EC1M Telescope House is a block on Farringdon Road (Farringdon)
The Griffin Building, EC1R The Griffin Building is a block on Clerkenwell Road (Farringdon)
The Horseshoe Path, EC1R The Horseshoe Path runs around the back of the Horseshoe pub (Clerkenwell)
The Johnson Building, EC1N The Johnson Building is a block on Hatton Garden (Farringdon)
The Old Sessions House, EC1R The Old Sessions House is a block on Farringdon Lane (Clerkenwell)
Theobald’s Road, WC1N Theobald’s Road is a road in the WC1R postcode area (Holborn)
Theobalds Road, WC1N Theobalds Road is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area (Holborn)
Topham Street, EC1R Topham Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Clerkenwell)
Tybalds Close, WC1N Tybalds Close is a location in London (Bloomsbury)
Variety Club Building, WC1N Variety Club Building is a block on Powis Place (Bloomsbury)
Verulam Buildings, WC1R Verulam Buildings is one of the streets of London in the WC1R postal area (Holborn)
Verulam Street, WC1X Verulam Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area (Farringdon)
Vine Hill, EC1R Vine Hill now displays no evidence on the vines that once flourished in the grounds on which it stands. (Clerkenwell)
Warner Street, EC1R Warner Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Farringdon)
Warner Yard, EC1R Warner Yard was named after Robert Warner, local 18th century landowner (Clerkenwell)
Warriner House, EC1N Warriner House is a block on Greville Street (Farringdon)
Warwick Court, WC1V Warwick Court runs north from High Holborn (Holborn)
Waterhouse Square, EC1N Waterhouse Square is one of the streets of London in the EC1N postal area (Farringdon)
Wee House, EC1R Wee House is a block on Laystall Street (Clerkenwell)
Weston House, WC1V Weston House is located on High Holborn (Holborn)
White Bear Yard, EC1R White Bear Yard is location of London (Farringdon)
Yorkshire Grey Yard, WC1V Yorkshire Grey Yard lies off of Eagle Street, WC1 (Holborn)
Zeppelin Building, EC1M Zeppelin Building is a block on Farringdon Road (Farringdon)
Ziggurat Building, EC1N Ziggurat Building can be found on Saffron Hill (Farringdon)


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