Freemasons Hall London

Freemasons Hall, Covent Garden, London

Freemasons’ Hall in the Covent Garden area of central London is the HQ of the United Grand Lodge of England.

History

A lodge has been present on Great Queen Street since 1775. The present building is the third to stand on the site and was built between 1927-1932 to honour the over 3,000 freemasons killed in the First World War.

Freemasons Hall Covent Garden London, UK,

The art deco building is a Grade II Listed Building

Freemasons’ Hall was designed by British architects Henry Victor Ashley and F. Winton Newman. It is a Grade II Listed Building and considered an art-deco jewel of London’s architecture.

Freemasons’ Hall contains the Grand Temple and 23 other masonic temples, all of them done in differing styles of decoration. The building also holds a library and museum which hosts frequent exhibitions. The building has often been used in the making of TV dramas and films.

The Grand Temple

Access – Getting There

Freemasons’ Hall
60 Great Queen Street
London WC2B 5AZ
Tel: 020 7395 9257
Hours: 10 am-5 pm Monday-Friday
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The building is close to both Covent Garden and Holborn tube stations.

It is also within walking distance of the London School of Economics (LSE), the Royal Opera House, The Strand, Drury Lane, the Royal Courts of Justice, London Transport Museum, the Sir John Soane’s Museum and Lincoln’s Inn.