Survey of London. The Charterhouse

"The Survey of London" offers this fully illustrated, comprehensive record of London's medieval Charterhouse, including original research, new photography, and previously unpublished inventories. Founded as a Carthusian priory in the fourteenth century, the Charterhouse is a magnificent complex of historic buildings in the City of London. Since the Dissolution of the Monasteries, it has functioned as a private mansion, a hospital, a school, and an almshouse - a role it still fulfills today. Located within the area covered by the Clerkenwell volumes of the Survey, it is too substantial a historic topic for inclusion in the regular volumes, and so will be one of the occasional series of monographs that support the main series.