Temple Church

Temple Church

The Temple Church is of great antiquity, being originally the church belonging to the Order of the Knights Templar. When the Templars were disbanded in the fourteenth century their London properties ended up in the hands of the lawyers and barristers of the city who still inhabit the various Inns of Court.

Far from the colourful and romantic past of the Templars, in the Georgian period the Inns of Court and Temple area was inhabited by "mere plodding, matter of fact men of business".

The most ancient part of the interior of the church is the circular portion at the west end.

See a plan of the Temple area of London.