Royal College of Surgeons

The Royal College of Surgeons of England is an independent professional body committed to promoting and advancing the highest standards of surgical care for patients, regulating surgery, including dentistry, in England and Wales. The society's headquarters are at Lincoln's Inn Fields in London.

Buildings

The Company of Surgeons moved from Surgeon's Hall in Old Bailey to a site at 41 Lincoln's Inn Fields in 1797. Construction of the first College building, to a design by George Dance the Younger and James Lewis, took from 1805 to 1813. Before long, a survey by Sir John Soane uncovered structural defects. In 1833 Sir Charles Barry won the public competition to design a replacement. The library and portico of this building are all that remain today after a German incendiary bomb hit the College in 1941.

Related Topics:
Old Bailey - Lincoln's Inn Fields - 1797 - George Dance the Younger - 1805 - 1813 - John Soane - 1833 - Charles Barry - 1941

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