Tallow Chandlers' Hall

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Tallow Chandlers' Hall

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.

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.

Entrance to Tallow Chandlers' Hall

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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