page_title: Worshipful Company of Haberdashers
section_title: Haberdashers' Hall
hierarchical_section_title: Worshipful Company of Haberdashers / Haberdashers' Hall
caption_attribution_description: English: Haberdashers' Hall, London. Home of the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers
context_page_description: The Worshipful Company of Haberdashers, one of the Great Twelve City Livery Companies, is an ancient merchant guild of London, England associated with the silk and velvet trades.
context_section_description: The Haberdashers' Company moved to its new hall at 18 West Smithfield on 15 April 2002, located opposite the King Henry Gate of St. Bartholomew's Hospital.
  On 24 October 2002 Queen Elizabeth II was welcomed by the Master Haberdasher, Nicholas Lund, to formally declare its Hall open.
  Haberdashers' Hall, with its various meeting and function rooms as well as offices, is centred on a cloistered courtyard, entered through the façade at Market View, Smithfield, and also includes residential apartments and retail units. On the south side of the property, the company has developed office space which opens onto Hosier Lane.
  
  Within the hall, its cloisters to the right-hand side lead via a circular staircase to the first floor where its Court Room, Committee Room and a luncheon room lead off a reception gallery. The reception gallery leads to the banquet hall, which has a high vaulted ceiling and is entirely oak-panelled. There are also offices for company staff, facilities for catering staff with storage and cellars below the hall, together with accommodation for the Master and the Beadle. The Clerk to the Haberdashers' Company, 2013–2020, is Commodore Philip Thicknesse RN, and the Revd Canon David Parrott serves as Honorary Chaplain.
caption: Haberdashers' heraldic banner.
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