Goldsmiths' Hall
Names
- Goldsmiths' Hall
Street/Area/District
- Foster Lane
Maps & Views
- 1666 London after the fire (Hollar & Leake, 1669?): Goldsmiths Hall
- 1677 A Large and Accurate Map of the City of London (Ogilby & Morgan): Goldsmiths Hall
- 1720 London (Strype): Goldsmiths Hall
- 1736 London (Moll & Bowles): Goldsmiths Hall
- 1746 London, Westminster & Southwark (Rocque): Goldsmiths Hall
Descriptions
from A Dictionary of London, by Henry Harben (1918)
Goldsmiths' Hall
On the east side of Foster Lane, south of Gresham Street, between Foster Lane and Gutter Lane (P.O. Directory).
Site purchased about 1323.
First mention: Stow, p. 308.
He describes it as a proper house but not large.
Old building erected after the Fire, by Wren, taken down 1829, and new Hall opened 1835. Architect of present Hall, P. Hardwick.
Maitland says it was originally built by Sir Drew Barentin about 1407; since the Fire it has become a stately structure of brick and stone and a spacious Hall (ed. 1775, II. 763).