Middle Temple

It is believed that the Middle Temple was established by the middle of the 14th century. The Inn's name derives from the Knights Templar who were in possession of the site we now call the Temple for some 150 years. Middle Temple Hall is one of the finest examples of an Elizabethan Hall in the country. 101 feet long and 41 feet wide, it is spanned by a magnificent double hammer beam roof carved from the oak of Windsor Forest. It has remained virtually unaltered to the present day.

Middle Temple garden is a wonderful haven in a busy City environment. Overlooking the Thames, it can be used for pre-dinner drinks for a dinner in the Hall in the summer for a garden party with the Hall or one of the other rooms being set aside in case of inclement weather, or as a venue for photographs at a Wedding Reception. The history of the garden dates back to times long before those which Shakespeare wrote about when telling of the plucking of the Red and White Roses during the War of the Roses.