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- The Farmiloe Building, ClerkenwellSecret London · 2026-10-15
The Farmiloe Building, ClerkenwellClerkenwell · St John Street · 2026-10-15
Some London buildings spend their lives as offices; others become Hollywood film sets. The Farmiloe Building in Clerkenwell has done both. The Grade II-listed building played Gotham City's police station in Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy. Then, in Inception, it became Yusuf's pharmacy in Mombasa — the place to go when your dream-heist plans require something rather stronger than a chamomile tea.
In the same neighbourhood where Daniel Craig has just become co-owner of a pub, the Farmiloe Building brings its own touch of Hollywood to St John Street. Behind its grand Italianate façade, the building lent its backdrop to Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes, specifically during in the scene where Holmes (Robert Downey Jr.) and Watson (Jude Law) rescue Irene Adler from a nasty buzz saw.
And while the Farmiloe Building set the scene for these cinematic worlds, their music is taking centre stage elsewhere in London. At Central Hall Westminster, a Hans Zimmer tribute concert will bring scores from The Dark Knight, Inception, Sherlock Holmes and more to life beneath the venue's vast domed ceiling.
Quoted verbatim from Secret London · all-rights-reserved editorial · captured 2026-10-15
On screenThe Dark Knight trilogy · Inception · Sherlock Holmes (2009)
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