A Fashionable Square

Once the entrance to the Land Registry Office in Lincoln's Inn Fields, the buildings were built in the mid 17th century, a very fashionable quarter in London.  Exemptions from statutory payments were granted to the owners in regard to the construction of the buildings.  In return they were to allow public walk ways through the fields.
Sound familiar?

Since 2011 the building has become part of the London School of Economics, one of the most prestigious schools in the world.