(SIR PAUL) PINDAR'S HOUSE

   No. 169 Bishopsgate, in Bishopsgate Ward Without. Ralph Pindar acquired the site in 1597 and the house was erected not long after.

   Sir Paul Pindar was a wealthy London merchant, and the house had a fine front and beautiful ceilings. He died in 1650 and the house was afterwards converted into a tavern called ,, "Pindar's head." It was rebuilt 1871. but was eventually removed to South Kensington Museum in 1891 on account of the Great Eastern Railway extensions (N. and Q. 11, S. III. 146, Jan.1911).