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The Freemasons' Tavern, Great Queen Street, London.
The Freemasons' Tavern , Great Queen Street , London .
PLATE No . i represents the front elevation of the original Freemasons' Tavern in 1783 , and is , in all probability , nearly the same as it appeared when the property was purchased by the Grand Lodge in 1 774 . The premises then acquired included two large commodious dwelling-houses and a large garden at the back . The front house was
THE ORIGINAL FREEMASONS' TAVERN , AS IT APPEARED IN 178 : ) .
¦ subsequently converted into a tavern , that in the rear being adapted for offices and committee rooms , while a greater portion of the garden was utilised for the erection of the grand hall , now generally designated "The Temple , " in which the meetings of the Grand Lodge and the Grand 'Chapter are held . There is some uncertainty as to the actual age of these
TUB l'ltl'l-MASONS' TAVERN , EltOM 17 »! l TO lsli 7 .
old houses , but we believe the general opinion among experts is that they were built in the reign of the first Charles , and were designed by Inigo Jones or his pupil , Webb . At the time of the purchase a row of similar nouses stood on the south side of Great Queen Street , only two of which are now left in their original state , one in the occupation of
Messrs . A . J . and C . Hocking , and the other in that of Messrs , Wolff and Son , the rest having been either entirely rebuilt or newly fronted . Plate No . 2 is a view of the Freemasons' Tavern after the rebuilding of the premises in 1788-89 , since which period very little alteration was made in the frontage until the tavern was partly rebuilt in 186 7 .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Freemasons' Tavern, Great Queen Street, London.
The Freemasons' Tavern , Great Queen Street , London .
PLATE No . i represents the front elevation of the original Freemasons' Tavern in 1783 , and is , in all probability , nearly the same as it appeared when the property was purchased by the Grand Lodge in 1 774 . The premises then acquired included two large commodious dwelling-houses and a large garden at the back . The front house was
THE ORIGINAL FREEMASONS' TAVERN , AS IT APPEARED IN 178 : ) .
¦ subsequently converted into a tavern , that in the rear being adapted for offices and committee rooms , while a greater portion of the garden was utilised for the erection of the grand hall , now generally designated "The Temple , " in which the meetings of the Grand Lodge and the Grand 'Chapter are held . There is some uncertainty as to the actual age of these
TUB l'ltl'l-MASONS' TAVERN , EltOM 17 »! l TO lsli 7 .
old houses , but we believe the general opinion among experts is that they were built in the reign of the first Charles , and were designed by Inigo Jones or his pupil , Webb . At the time of the purchase a row of similar nouses stood on the south side of Great Queen Street , only two of which are now left in their original state , one in the occupation of
Messrs . A . J . and C . Hocking , and the other in that of Messrs , Wolff and Son , the rest having been either entirely rebuilt or newly fronted . Plate No . 2 is a view of the Freemasons' Tavern after the rebuilding of the premises in 1788-89 , since which period very little alteration was made in the frontage until the tavern was partly rebuilt in 186 7 .