London Landmarks With A Thatched Roof

That then lay just across the river from the tower and the city of london.

London landmarks with a thatched roof.

The globe received special permission to build a thatched roof as there has been a ban on thatched roofs in london since the great fire in 1666. The original globe theater famed for its association with william shakespeare opened in 1599 but burned to the ground in 1613 when wadding from a stage cannon ignited the thatched roof. A trip to london would not be complete without a visit to one of london s most famous landmarks the houses of parliament and big ben. The globe theatre is a reconstruction of the original open air playhouse where shakespeare worked and where many of his plays were staged.

This rare glimpse of tudor thatching depicts what is perhaps an elaborate smoke hole. Blackfriars or mansion house both district and circle lines or london bridge northern and jubilee lines the london eye. On the house behind the bakery. The church depicted could well be st mary magdalen with its surviving medieval tower.

Rebuilt with a tiled roof the second globe was demolished in 1644 2 years after the puritans closed all of england s theatres. The circular white and black timber frame building with its thatched roof located on the south bank in london s bankside district is easily visible from the river.