At 13 -14 Portsmouth St.  WC2, this shop is taken, incorrectly, to be the inspiration behind the Charles Dickens novel of the same name. Built in 1567 it is considered to be the oldest shop in central London and one of the few central London buildings to survive the Great Fire in 1666 surviving despite the fact it was made from wood recycled from ships! Dickens novel  was first serialised  weekly and in 1841 there was a public candle lit vigil held outside this building for the life of little Nell in the story who was on her death bed.