The Livery Hall

With the Livery Hall comes a number of additional rooms inclusive of the hall hire, notably:

• The Courtroom (only available to Livery Companies)

• The Drawing Room

• The Gassiot Room

• The Swan Room

Historically significant, the Livery hall was rebuilt in 1671 following the Great Fire of London and still retains the majority of its late-seventeenth-century carvings and character. 

The room was returned to its original appearance after the Second World War when the opportunity was taken to eliminate some of the more obvious Victorian alterations, including the stained glass.  The alcove in the north-east corner, now containing plate, was the original entrance to the Hall.  The ceiling was replaced in 1932-33 because of death watch beetle which proved to be the salvation of the Hall from incendiaries during the Blitz. It was designed by George Alexander Gale, later the Company’s Surveyor, and modelled on the ceiling of the Old School Room at Winchester College.