Sessions House, Clerkenwell, London: the hall showing the double flight of steps leading up to the court

SOURCE: R. Ackermann. The Microcosm of London (London, 1835), vol. III, pl. 70 NOTES: The building contained court rooms, dungeons for holding prisoners and living space for the resident judges. It ceased to function as a Court in 1920 when the London Sessions transferred to Newington Causeway, Southwark