The Charterhouse is an area of London known as Smithfield, to the corner of Charterhouse Square.
The Charterhouse has existed on this spot since 1348 and takes its name from a Carthusian priory founded in 1371. Carthusian means a religious Catholic order of enclosed monastics, and is also known as the Order of Saint Bruno. Following the dissolution of the monasteries the Charterhouse became a large courtyard house, then a school and finally an almshouse (low cost community housing held in trust for local people in need of housing) for 40 pensioners.
Join me and I'll show you a chapel known as a Peculiar. I'll also show you an unearthed Black Death victim in the museum, take you for a walk through the atmospheric Chapel Cloister, and finally I'll take you outside to see Hercule Poirot's home!
It's in the London Borough of Islington and the nearest Tube stations are Barbican and Farringdon. To me, this is very much the heart of the city and I've always loved the way you get gleaming, modern chrome-glass buildings juxtaposed with the ancient.
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The Miss Elaineous
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