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.
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18 January, 2008