The Fascination of London - Clerkenwell and St. Luke's; Comprising the Borough of Finsbury #226699

The present Sessions House was built in 1779 1780 from the designs of John Rogers. The site is freehold, and a clump of buildings was removed to make way for the new hall. There was a very grand ceremony of laying the first stone, which was attended by the Middlesex justices in full procession.