Mansion House, London the columned "Egyptian Hall", was so named because Dance used an arrangement of columns deemed to be "Egyptian" by Vitruvius. No Egyptian motifs were employed. It has twenty niches for sculpture. There was originally an open courtyard, later occupied by a saloon. The residence used to have its own court of law, since the Lord Mayor is the chief magistrate of the City while in office. There were eleven holding cells (ten for men and one, nicknamed "the birdcage", for women). A famous prisoner here was the early 20th-century suffragette women's rights campaigner Sylvia Pankhurst. Mansion House is home to
The Mansion House, Old Warden Park The Mansion House, Old Warden Park The mansion house in Old Warden Park is managed by The Shuttleworth Trust. The Trust was established in 1944 by Dorothy Clotilda Shuttleworth in memory of her son Richard Ormonde Shuttleworth (1909-1940). It is a popular venue for weddings, conferences, afternoon tea and as a filming location for period dramas. From 2011 The Mansion House has been the home for The Rhythm Festival, which is an outdoor music festival. The Old Warden estate was bought in the late 17th century by London merchant Sir Samuel Ongley. It passed down in the Ongley family until