Wax Chandlers' Hall
Names
- Wax Chandlers' Hall
Street/Area/District
- Gutter Lane
Maps & Views
- 1720 London (Strype): Wax Chandlers' Hall
- 1746 London, Westminster & Southwark (Rocque): Wax Chandlers' Hall
Descriptions
from A Dictionary of London, by Henry Harben (1918)
Wax Chandlers' Hall
At the north-east corner of Gutter Lane, on the south side of Gresham Street (P.O. Directory). In Cripplegate Ward Within.
First mention: S. 300.
New built 1657 and again 1852. Archt., C. Fowler.
Company recognised as a Fraternity 1372, incorporated 1684.
Twenty-ninth among the City Companies.
Maitland describes the Hall in 1775 as a handsome though not a spacious old building and lately well repaired and beautified.