Coopers' Hall

Coopers' Hall is a Georgian townhouse on Devonshire Square, built in 1690 by the City developer Nicholas Barbon and refronted after 1728 in the style of the day. The Worshipful Company of Coopers moved in in 1957, its fourth hall after three successive halls near Guildhall on Basinghall Street — the last destroyed in the Blitz in December 1940. It is the smallest of the City's livery halls, and one of the oldest still in daily use, a few minutes from Liverpool Street.

The Dining Room is the larger of its two first-floor rooms: sage-panelled walls, an oval plaster ceiling rose, a marble fireplace carrying the Company's arms, and portraits of past Masters on either side. It seats up to 34 for dinner or takes 50 standing, and dresses equally well for a formal City lunch or a reception with round tables and chiavari chairs. The Court Room, across the landing, is smaller and paler, its dual-aspect windows set with a stained-glass rendering of the Company crest; it seats 20 boardroom-style or holds 35 on its feet.

Hospitality runs through eve and Company of Cooks, the Hall's in-house catering partner, and both rooms are let together for a full-hall exclusive hire.