Plaque: Freemasons
Erection date: 1967
The clock below the tower commemorates the 250th anniversary of the foundation of the original Grand Lodge on 24th June 1717.
{The rondel to the left of the text shows three towers, a pair of compasses and:}
Grand Lodge, 1717 - 1967.
The (working) clock is at the centre of the decorative panel that you can see in the photo, above the columns flanking the entrance. The dates 1717 and 1967 surround the clock face.
Site: Freemasons Grand Lodge (1 memorial)
WC2, Great Queen Street, Freemasons' Hall
This monolithic art deco building is the HQ of the United Grand Lodge of England and is also the main meeting place for London's Lodges. The Freemasons' website says that it was built (1927-33 by H V Ashley and Winton Newman) as a memorial to the Freemasons who died on active service in WWI and was initially called the Masonic Peace Memorial but, on the outbreak of WW2 that no longer seemed appropriate so it was renamed Freemasons' Hall. Inside there is a very ornate memorial shrine commemorating the 3225 brethren who died on active service in WWI.
This is the third Freemasons' Hall on this site, the first being a house purchased in 1775.
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