Thislist of demolished buildings and structures inLondon includes buildings, structures, and urban scenes of particular architectural and historical interest, scenic buildings which are preserved in old photographs, prints, and paintings, but which have been demolished or were destroyed by bombing inWorld War II. Only a small number of the most notable buildings are listed out of the many thousands that have been demolished.

Name	Date of construction	Date of destruction	Image	Location	Notes
23 Great Winchester Street	17th century	1882 c. 1882		City of London	Wealthy merchant's mansion with elaborate staircase and panelled rooms.
Adelphi Terrace	1768–1772	1930s		Adelphi	A neo-classical terrace of 24 houses by theAdam brothers.
Army and Navy Club	1848–1850	1950s		St James Square	Replaced by a 1950s building on the same site.
Austin Friars	1260s	1600–1941		City of London	Friary, residence of Thomas Cromwell.Draper's Hall and theDutch Church remain in reconstructed form.
Baltic Exchange	1903	1992		St Mary Axe	Grade II*listed building known for its cathedral-like trading hall and its stained glass windows; destroyed by abomb in 1992. Site now occupied byThe Gherkin.
Barnard's Inn	17th century	After 1879		Fetter Lane	FormerInn of Chancery. Hall still survives, owned byGresham College.
Baynard's Castle	11th century	1666		Blackfriars	Destroyed during theGreat Fire of London.
Bethlem Hospital	1812–1814	1931 c. 1931		Southwark	Built to a design by James Lewis. Largely demolished after the hospital moved in 1930. The central part of building survives and has housed theImperial War Museum since 1936.[1]
Blake's House	18th century	1965		Soho	Birthplace ofWilliam Blake at No. 28 Broad (now Broadwick) Street; demolished to make way for a block of flats.
Worshipful Company of Brewers' Hall	1670–1673.1 [clarification needed]	1940		City of London	In Aldermanbury Square. Rebuilt after the Great Fire; destroyed by bombs.
Bridewell Palace	16th–17th century	1863–1864		Blackfriars	Residence of Henry VIII from 1515 to 1523; prison and hospital from 1556. Largely rebuilt after theGreat Fire of London. Closed 1855.[2]
Carlton Club	1854–1856	1940		Pall Mall	BySidney Smirke; suffered direct hit by bomb in 1940.
Carlton Hotel	1899	1940–1958		Haymarket	Prestigious hotel run byCésar Ritz, withAuguste Escoffier as chef. Badly damaged by bombs in 1940; demolished 1957–1958.
Carlton Tavern	1921 (rebuilt 2019)	2015		Kilburn	Grade II listed building that was demolished without permission by a property developer, prompting the council to demand its rebuilding.
Carpenters' Hall	15th–18th century	1876		City of London	On London Wall. First hall dates from 1429; demolished 1876 after being damaged by fire. Second hall destroyed by bombs in 1941.[3]
Chesterfield House	1747–1752	1937		Mayfair	Built forPhilip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield (1694–1773) byIsaac Ware.
Christ's Hospital	17th–19th century	1902		Newgate Street	School founded 1552; buildings mostly rebuilt after the Great Fire, in part byWren andHawksmoor. Relocated toHorsham in 1902.[4]
Christ Church Greyfriars	1687	1940		Newgate Street	Rebuilt byWren after the Great Fire. Largely destroyed by bombing in 1940; the tower and ruins remain.
City of London Lying-in Hospital	1770–1773	1940–1941		Old Street	Formerly housed in Shaftesbury House; moved to new building byRobert Mylne in 1773. Damaged bytube construction and partly rebuilt. Destroyed by bombs in 1940 and 1941.[5]
Clifford's Inn	18th century	1934		Fleet Street	The longest survivingInn of Chancery, founded in 1344; dissolved in 1903. Only the gatehouse remains.
Cloth Fair	17th century	1917		Smithfield	An area of old houses and narrow lanes adjoining the church ofSt Bartholomew-the-Great, including the Old Dick Whittington Inn. One 17th-century house survives.
Coal Exchange	1847–1849	1962		Lower Thames Street	One of the earliest examples of cast-iron construction, demolished for road-widening, which did not take place until the 1980s.[6]
Corn Exchange	1828	1882		Mark Lane	The building was designed byGeorge Smith in theGreek Revival style.[7]
Crosby Hall	15th–17th centuries	1909–1910		Bishopsgate	Great hall re-erected in Chelsea and incorporated into a new building byWalter Godfrey. Many other buildings in Bishopsgate which escaped the Great Fire survived into the Victorian period.[8]
Crystal Palace	1851	1936		Hyde Park	Built byJoseph Paxton for theGreat Exhibition of 1851. Rebuilt in a different form in South London, 1854; destroyed by fire.
Cumberland House	1763	1908–1912		Pall Mall	ByMatthew Brettingham; occupied by the Board of Ordnance, later theWar Office, from 1806.[9]
Devonshire House	1740 c. 1740	1924		Piccadilly	Built byWilliam Kent for theDukes of Devonshire.
Doctors' Commons	1670 c. 1670	1867		City of London	College of Advocates, or Doctors of Law, where proceedings of theCourt of Arches, thePrerogative Court, and others were held. In Knightrider Street. Buildings arranged round two quadrangles; rebuilt after the Great Fire, sold in 1865, and subsequently demolished.
Dorchester House	1853	1929		Park Lane	Palatial house built byLewis Vulliamy forRobert Stayner Holford; replaced by the Dorchester Hotel.
Drury Lane	17th century	1890		Drury Lane	Old houses which survived theGreat Fire of London, including the former Cock and Magpie tavern (with sign), which had become Stockley's Bookshop by 1876.[10]
East India House	1729	1861		Leadenhall Street	Designed by amateur architect Theodore Jacobsen. Much of British India was governed from here until the British government took control in 1858.
Egyptian Hall	1812	1905		Piccadilly	Designed in the form of an ancient Egyptian temple forWilliam Bullock, who used the building as an exhibition centre.
Euston Arch	1837	1961–1962		Euston	Original entrance to Euston Station; demolition was approved byErnest Marples, who believed that the cost of moving the arch could not be justified.
Fleet Prison	1781–1782	1846		Farringdon Street	Built 1197; rebuilt after the Great Fire and again after theGordon Riots in 1780. Closed 1842.
Foundling Hospital	1742–1752	1926		Bloomsbury	Designed by amateur architect Theodore Jacobsen. Founded byThomas Coram, the hospital relocated toRedhill in the 1920s, and laterBerkhamsted.[11]
Fowler's Mill	1788	1825		Battersea	Horizontalwindmill, milling continued by steam until 1892.
Furnival's Inn	1818	1897		Holborn	FormerInn of Chancery, rebuilt after the Inn was dissolved in 1817; home ofCharles Dickens from 1834 to 1837.
General Post Office	1829	1912		St Martins-le-Grand	BySir Robert Smirke.
Great Synagogue of London	1788–1789	1942		Aldgate	ByJames Spiller; centre ofJewish life in London, destroyed inThe Blitz.
Great Wheel	1894–1895	1907		Earls Court	Constructed by Maudslay, Son & Field. Built for the Empire of India Exhibition at Earls Court in 1895. It had carried 2.5 million passengers at its time of closure in 1906.
Grosvenor House	1732–1843	1927		Park Lane	Originally Gloucester House, purchased in 1805 byRobert Grosvenor and subsequently enlarged.[12]
Haberdashers' Hall	1671	1940		City of London	In Maiden Lane. The original hall was destroyed in the Great Fire and rebuilt by Edward Jerman. Destroyed by bombs.
Holford House	1832	1944–1948		Regent's Park	Home ofRegent's Park College from 1855 to 1927. Suffered bomb damage in 1944; demolished 1948.
Holland House	1605	1940		Holland Park	Largely destroyed by bombs in September 1940; some remains still stand and house ayouth hostel.
Imperial Hotel, London	1911	1967		Russell Square	Designed byCharles Fitzroy Doll.
Imperial Institute	1893	1957–1958		South Kensington	Designed byThomas Edward Collcutt. Demolished from 1957 to make way forImperial College; theQueen's Tower survives.
Inner Temple, Library & Hall	1827–1868	1940		Fleet Street	Gothic library of 1827–1828 bySir Robert Smirke and adjoining hall of 1868 bySidney Smirke; destroyed by bombs.
Jacob's Island	17th–18th centuries	Late 19th century		Bermondsey	Notorious slum, featured inOliver Twist. Partly destroyed by fire in 1861; replaced by warehouses in the late 19th century.
Junior Carlton Club	1869	1963		Pall Mall	Replacement by a 1960s building led to the loss of members and the merger of the club with theCarlton Club.
King's Mews	1732	1830		Trafalgar Square	Rebuilt byWilliam Kent. Succeeded by the presentRoyal Mews in 1825.
London Colosseum	1827	1874		Regent's Park	Designed by Decimus Burton, and built by Thomas Hornor at huge expense to house a 360-degree panorama of London painted byEdmund Thomas Parris.
London Institution	1815	1936		Finsbury Circus	Built byThomas Cubitt. Founded in 1806 "to promote ... Science, Literature and the Arts", the Institution closed in 1912. The building was then used byLondon University.
Londonderry House	18th century	1965		Park Lane	London house of theMarquess of Londonderry, transformed during the 1820s byBenjamin Dean Wyatt andPhilip Wyatt.
Mappin & Webb Building	1870	1994		Bank	Designed byJohn Belcher, thelisted building,[13] was demolished by developerPeter Palumbo to be replaced bySir James Stirling'sNo 1 Poultry.
Merchant Taylors' School	1675 c. 1675	After 1875		City of London	School founded in 1561. Located in the Manor of the Rose, Suffolk Lane – a building rebuilt after the Great Fire – until 1875.
Middlesex Hospital	1755–1757	1927		Fitzrovia	First opened in 1745. Moved in 1757, rebuilt in 1924 after being declared structurally unsound, and closed in 2005.
Millbank Penitentiary	1812–1821	1892–1903		Pimlico	Constructed as the National Penitentiary afterBentham'sPanopticon was abandoned. The design proved unsatisfactory, and the building became a holding depot for convicts awaiting transportation.
Montagu House, Portman Square	1777–1781	1941		Portman Square	Built for Mrs.Elizabeth Montagu, patroness of the arts, to the design of the neoclassical architectJames "Athenian" Stuart. Damaged by an incendiary bomb.
Montagu House, Whitehall	1859–1862	1925 c. 1925		Whitehall	Palatial house in French Renaissance style, designed byWilliam Burn for the5th Duke of Buccleuch; used as government offices from 1917.[14]
Newgate Prison	1770–1782	1904		Old Bailey	First built in 1188; closed 1902. TheCentral Criminal Court now stands on the site.
Newton's House	1695 c. 1695	1913		Leicester Square	35 St Martin's Street was the residence ofSir Isaac Newton from 1710 to 1725.[15]
Norfolk House	1748 c. 1748	1938		St James Square	ByMatthew Brettingham. The restored Music Room is displayed in theVictoria and Albert Museum.[16]
Northumberland House	1605 c. 1605	1874		Trafalgar Square	London residence of theDukes of Northumberland.
Old London Bridge	12th–17th centuries	1758–1831		River Thames	Houses on the bridge were demolished in 1758–1762, the rest after the completion of a new bridge byJohn Rennie in 1831.
Old Mansion House	1668	1929		Cheapside	Built bySir Christopher Wren for Sir William Turner,Lord Mayor of London from 1668 to 1669.
Old Queen's Head Tavern, Islington	16th century	1826 c. 1826		Islington	Once renowned ancient tavern in Essex Road, formerly Lower Street. Rebuiltc. 1826; still trading.
Old St Paul's Cathedral	1087–1314	1666		Ludgate Hill	In severe decline by the 17th century; destroyed in theGreat Fire of London.
Olympic Park McDonald's	2012	2012		Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park	A temporaryMcDonald's restaurant constructed to coincide with the2012 Summer Olympics andParalympics. During its operation, it was the world's largest McDonald's establishment, and served 14,000 people daily. It operated for six weeks before being dismantled, with most building materials being repurposed or recycled.[17]
Oxford Arms, Warwick Lane	17th century	1876		City of London	One of the last surviving galleried inns in London.
Pantheon	1772	1937		Oxford Street	ByJames Wyatt. Rebuilt after a fire in 1792.Marks & Spencer bought the building from a wine merchant and had it demolished to make way for their new store.
Pembroke House	1723–1759	1938		Whitehall	Largely rebuilt 1756–1759; demolished with other buildings in Whitehall Gardens to make way for the newMOD building.[18]
Pope's House	17th century	1872		Lombard Street	Birthplace in 1688 of the poetAlexander Pope at Plough Court, Lombard Street.
Queen Square	1716–1725	19th century		Bloomsbury	Many of the original houses were converted for use as hospitals. The square today is largely occupied by hospital buildings.
Regent Street	1814–1825	1895–1927		Regent Street	Originally built byJohn Nash as a new thoroughfare, entailing much demolition. Completely redeveloped 1895–1927.
River Fleet	17th–18th century	18th–19th century		Blackfriars	River converted into New Canal by 1680; covered, partly by New Bridge Street, prior to the opening of Blackfriars Bridge in 1769.
Rolls Chapel and Rolls House	1617–1718	1895–1896		Chancery Lane	Rolls Chapel rebuilt 1617, attributed, but without evidence, toInigo Jones. Rolls House was built 1718 byColen Campbell. Demolished to make way for the formerPublic Record Office, now theMaughan Library,King's College London.
Royal College of Physicians, Warwick Lane	1679	1887		City of London	ByRobert Hooke. Used as a foundry after 1825, damaged by fire in 1879, and demolished in 1887.
Royal Panopticon	1854	1882		Leicester Square	Showcase venue for the best achievements in science and arts of the time; converted to a theatre after only two years. Destroyed by fire.
St Antholin, Watling Street	1678–1684	1874		City of London	Rebuilt byWren after the Great Fire. The roof took the form of an elliptic cupola, supported by composite columns.
St Luke's Hospital for Lunatics	1786	1963		Old Street	ByGeorge Dance the Younger; closed 1916. The buildings were used as a printing works by theBank of England until the 1950s.
St Mary Aldermanbury	1668	1940		Gresham Street	Rebuilt byWren after the Great Fire; destroyed by bombing in 1940. Reconstructed inFulton, Missouri, using original stones.
St Paul's School	1823	1884		Cheapside	School founded 1509; buildings rebuilt 1823 byGeorge Smith. Demolished when the school moved toHammersmith in 1884.
St Thomas' Hospital	1699–1742	1862		Southwark	Begun in 1699 byThomas Cartwright. Demolished to make way for a railway; the hospital relocated to Lambeth in 1871.
Savoy Hospital	1505	1816–1820		Strand	Founded byHenry VII on the site of theSavoy Palace; closed in 1702. Demolished to make way for approach to Waterloo Bridge.Savoy Chapel survives.[19]
Schomberg House	1694	1956		Pall Mall	Divided into three (Nos. 80–82) in 1769. No. 80, home ofThomas Gainsborough from 1774 to 1788, was demolished in 1850; the rest replaced by offices in 1956. Facade survives.
Serjeant's Inn, Fleet Street	18th century	1941		Fleet Street	Rebuilt byRobert Adam and taken over by theAmicable Society after the serjeants moved to Chancery Lane in 1730. Destroyed by bombing.[20]
Serle's Place	17th century	1866		Strand	Part of a cluster of alleys and courts demolished to make way for theRoyal Courts of Justice.
Shaftesbury House	1644	1882		Aldersgate Street	This building at nos. 35–38, once known as Thanet House, was built byInigo Jones. It later became a tavern, then a lying-in hospital, then a dispensary.[21]
Shakespeare's House	16th–17th century	1879		Aldersgate Street	No. 134, formerly the Half Moon Tavern, was falsely linked to the playwright; its site is now occupied byBarbican tube station. The nearbyShakespeare Tower preserves the association.[21]
Sir Paul Pindar's House	17th century	1890		Bishopsgate	Became a tavern in the 18th century. Its frontage is preserved in theVictoria and Albert Museum.
South Sea House	Before 1773	1903 c. 1903		Threadneedle Street	Home of theBaltic Exchange from 1866 to 1903.
Talbot Inn, Southwark	17th century	1874		Southwark	Formerly the Tabard Inn, a medieval coaching inn, burnt down in 1676 and rebuilt. The meeting place ofChaucer's pilgrims inThe Canterbury Tales.
Tavistock House	1805 c. 1805	1901		Tavistock Square	Built byJames Burton. The home ofCharles Dickens from 1851 to 1860, its site is now occupied by the headquarters of theBritish Medical Association.
White Hart	15th–16th centuries	1829		Bishopsgate	A once-renowned ancient tavern. The building dated to 1480 and was rebuilt in 1829. Closed in 2014; the facade was integrated into a 9-storey office block.
Whitehall Palace	15th–17th centuries	1698		Whitehall	The largest palace in Europe, residence of English monarchs from 1530 to 1698. The entire palace, except for theBanqueting House and theHolbein Gate, was destroyed by fire. The Holbein Gate was then demolished in 1759.
Winchester House	16th century	1839		City of London	Great Winchester Street; built byWilliam Paulet, 1st Marquess of Winchester.
Wych Street	16th–17th centuries	1901		Aldwych	Part of the area around Drury Lane that survived theGreat Fire of London; the street contained decrepit Elizabethan houses, with projecting wooden jetties.

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