The British Museum

Historic Sites

By Sir Robert Smirke. Built between 1823-47. Original site of Montague House, demolished to make way for the Museum. This was also the site of the old MAnor of Blemondesbury in the 13th century.

The historical aspects of Bloomsbury Village in London

We have adapted a cartoon map by Chris Halliday who was a young archiect in 1981 when he collaborated with a group of Oxford Poly Architects to map some of the history of what is now called Bloomsbury Village