Paper_Buildings
Paper Buildings are a set of chambers located in the Inner Temple in Temple, London. They were initially constructed in 1609.[1] Paper Buildings appear in A Tale of Two Cities and Barnaby Rudge.[2]
On 6 March 1838, about twenty sets of chambers were destroyed, including some valuable libraries, important documents and so forth. The fire originated in the chambers of W. H. Maule MP.[3]
Paper Buildings are on the site of Heyward's Buildings, constructed in 1610.[4] The "paper" part of the name comes from the fact that they were built from timber, lath and plaster, a construction method known as "paperwork". A fire in 1838 destroyed three of the buildings, which were immediately replaced with a design by Robert Smirke, with Sydney Smirke later adding two more buildings.[5] A famous resident of (at the time) Heyward's Buildings was John Selden, who was one of the original tenants and shared a set of chambers with Heyward himself.[6]