Goldsmiths' Hall is located on the junction of Foster Lane and Gresham Street, north east of St. Paul's Cathedral. The Company has been based at this location since 1339, the present building being their third hall on the site.
Little is known about the first hall. The second hall was built circa 1634-36 and restored after the Great Fire of London in 1666; it was eventually demolished in the late 1820s.
The third and present hall was designed by Philip Hardwick. In 1941 a bomb exploded in its south-west corner but amazingly the building largely survived and was able to be restored after the Second World War.
From time to time, the Master and Wardens provide for open days to visit Goldsmiths' Hall.
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