Where am I?

This place was laid out in 1715, on land that had been cherry orchards, one of three in the town.  The origin of its name is in dispute, but it could have come from a structure, possibly a summer-house.

The Royal hotel opened there in 1772, the first one in the town. It hosted Louis XV111 of France, Admiral Lord Nelson, the Duke of Gloucester, and Queen Victoria. Investors included one of the founders of Lloyds bank. It was a venue for a music festival, with assembly rooms big enough for an organ and orchestra.

Perhaps unwisely, it held a dinner to celebrate the storming of the Bastille in 1791, leading to three days of rioting by people believing that the people inside were planning an English revolution.  Possibly more wisely,  in 1818, the early meetings of the local Law Society were held here.

A medical school was started at number 24 in 1828, and the doctor who had the idea for the General hospital lived at number 9, The Eye Hospital was situated in this place in Victorian times.

In 1875 building commenced on a row of shops over a railway cutting close by. The roof had to be partially rebuilt following second world war damage.

A library built in 1882 is now a popular theatre and pub

There was a Georgian terrace in what was then a fashionable residential area still existing in the mid-seventies, when the place was pedestrianised.

So, the reveal is..

Temple Row, home to Greens Solicitors Birmingham office.