The First Freemasons Hall

A contemporary watercolour by Nixon of the rebuilt four-storey Tavern, circa 1800

The first Freemasons’ Hall, designed by Thomas Sandby, had no street frontage but was built in the garden behind 61 Great Queen Street, a house dating…

Napoleonic Wars

A tracing board made by French POWs

During the period known at the Napoleonic wars (1793 circa 1814) there were up to 122,000 enemy sailors and soldiers held in captivity. The officers were…

Brotherly love during the First World War

Freemasonry today

The welfare of others Pro Grand Master Peter Lowndes believes that we should recall the brotherly love shown between Freemasons during the First World…

Heritage in the building

Freemasonry today

The new experience Freemasonry has a refreshingly open-minded attitude when it comes to age. The routes to the Craft for engaged young people are now more…