BARBICAN ESTATE

Trundle published a pirate edition of Hamlet in 1603.

NAMED AFTER

John Trundle, bookseller and printer (1575–1629). He published the "bad quarto" of Hamlet in 1603, a rough pirate copy, with Nicholas Ling.

WHERE

It runs north to south along Aldersgate Street on the western edge. West flats look over the street and Barbican station. East flats look over Beech Gardens.

INSIDE

There are 117 studios and 16 duplex penthouses with glazed rooms on the roof. A gym sits partly under the block.

WAY IN

Mezzanine entrances up tiled steps, and a lift down to Aldersgate Street near the bridge to the station