Tallow Chandlers' Hall
| Tallow Chandlers' Hall | |
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Middlesex | |
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 Tallow Chandlers' Hall | |
| Type: | Livery hall |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TQ32558088 |
| Location: | 51°30’41"N, 0°5’28"W |
| City: | London |
| History | |
| Address: | 4 Dowgate Hill |
| Built 1672-1677 | |
| For: | The Worshipful Company of Tallow Chandlers by John Caines |
| Livery hall | |
| Information | |
| Owned by: | The Worshipful Company of Tallow Chandlers |
| Website: | www.tallowchandlers.org |
Tallow Chandlers' Hall is the livery hall of the Worshipful Company of Tallow Chandlers, one of the ancient livery companies of the City of London. The hall stands on Dowgate Hill (opposite Cannon Street Station) in the City, in a row with two other livery companies' halls: Skinners' Hall and Dyers' Hall, all three neighbours having historically been involved in manufacture from animal hides and fat.
The Tallow Chandlers' Company was founded in the Middle Ages and received a royal charter in from King Edward IV in 1462. Its members were engaged not only in tallow candle making but also in the trade of oils. Their trade was wholly different from those of the Wax Chandlers, as clean candles of beeswax were the preserve of the wealthy and of the church. As is the case with most other livery companies, the Tallow Chandlers' Company is no longer a trade association of candlemakers but exists as a charitable institution and supports education in oil-related fields.
The company ranks 21st in the Precedence of Livery Companies in the City of London.
The hall
The Company has had its livery hall on Dowgate Hill since 1476. The original Tallow Chandlers' Hall though was destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666. Today's hall results from the great rebuilding which followed, and was built in 1672.
Bomb damage during the Blitz was limited. Tallow Chandlers' Hall is today one of the best preserved of the seventeenth century livery halls.
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