Carpenter's Hall (London)
Channel: Londisland
Date: 2018-09-19

Carpenter's Hall (London)

The Carpenters’ Company has been based on London Wall since its first Hall was built there in 1429. Since that time, there have been three Halls. The current Hall was opened in 1960.

From medieval times Carpenters’ Hall has been used by groups and organisations to meet and entertain, including other guilds.

The site was originally part of the estate of the Hospital of St Mary without Bishopsgate, also known as St Mary Spital.

In January 1519/20 the land was acquired by Thomas Smart, Master of the Company, and he left it to the Company in his will dated 12 March of the same year.

A fire in the mid-nineteenth century severely weakened the building and a second Hall was built during the 1870s, opening in 1880.

The third Hall, which still stands today, was built following an air raid in 1941 when the second Hall was completely burnt out.

Filmed in September 2017