Wax Chandlers' Hall

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

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.

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