History - The return of Temple Bar to the City of London
   
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Work starts at Theobalds Park

Work starts at Theobalds Park
3rd July 2003

Contractors start preparing the site surrounding London's most famous gateway - Temple Bar at Theobalds Park, Cheshunt.
Today, marks the start of a 72 week project in which more than 2,500 stones will be carefully dismantled and reassembled at a new site opposite St. Paul's Cathedral in the heart of London.

This is reported to be the first time a grade 1listed building has been dismantled and rebuilt in a new location.


 

Key stages and highlights of the project
Work starts at Theobalds
First stone is dismantled
Work starts at Paternoster
First stone is laid
Time Capsule found
Last stone is lifted
Time Capsule buried
Last stone is fixed
Second Time Capsule buried
The Official Opening

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