Gray's Inn Hall, Chapel and Library

Gray's Inn occupies the site of the manor house of the ancient manor of Portpool which in 1515 became the residence of the noble family of Gray (thus becoming known as Gray's Inn, or Gray's house). In 1514 Henry VIII gave the Inn to students of law, and, as one of the Inns of Court, Gray's Inn has remained a part of the legal landscape of London ever since.

See a Prospect of Gray's Inn from the early eighteenth century.