Mansion House, York site of the old "Common Hall Gates" which provided an entrance to the Guildhall. A chapel and other property and tenements which were once owned by the Guild of St. Christopher and St. George including the Cross Keys Public House also lay on this site. These buildings were demolished to build the current Mansion House in 1724. The fifteenth century York Guildhall is situated behind the Mansion House, where the medieval city council held their meetings. In May of each year the Mayor Making ceremony is still held in the Guildhall before the Lord Mayor takes up residence in the
London House, Aldersgate Street Lord Petre after the restoration to be the London City mansion of the Bishop of London. From that time it was known by the name of London House. After the bishops ceased to use it as a residence, it was at last let out into tenements and warehouses. In 1750–1751 the "City of London Lying-in Hospital for married women and sick and lame Outpatients" was located in London House before moving to Thanet or Shaftesbury House also in Aldersgate Street. In the late 1760s the structure was consumed by fire, and private buildings were erected in its place. London House,