| Summary : The Grand Storehouse at the Tower of London was built between 1688 and 1691 to replace inadequate storehouses that lay to the north of the White Tower on the instruction of George Legge, the Master General of the Ordnance. It was a substantial building of 110m long and 18m wide of 2 storeys with an attic. It contained the Grand Staircase which was use by members of the Royal family or nobility to visit displays housed on the first floor in the Small Armoury. It is alleged that the design for the building was produced by Sir Christopher Wren. The building gradually became more of a museum to house artillery and trophies of war captured from around the world. The whole building and its vast collections were destroyed by fire in 1841. The site is now occupied by the Waterloo Block. |