/ About
Innholders' Hall sits on College Street in the City, a short walk from the Bank of England and the Royal Exchange. It is the home of the Worshipful Company of Innholders, one of London's livery companies, which holds the 32nd position in livery precedence and has produced five Lord Mayors since the Innholders' first Royal Charter was granted by Henry VIII in 1514.
The Great Hall is the address's signature room: rich oak panelling dating to the 1666 rebuilding after the Great Fire of London, a coffered ceiling and an 18th-century minstrel's gallery once used by musicians performing to the room below. Two smaller court rooms sit on the first floor: the Old Court Room, its ceiling picked out in gold trim from 1670 and its cabinets holding the Company's collection of ceremonial silver spoons, and the New Court Room, where the Innholders still hold their monthly court meetings beneath a ceiling that survived bombing in the Blitz.
A panelled reception room links the two, used for pre-dinner drinks ahead of a booking in the Great Hall or the Old Court Room. Private dining, corporate dinners, wedding receptions and livery-style celebrations are catered in-house, from breakfast through to canapé receptions.
/ Rooms Available
The Great Hall
Exclusive HireThe venue's grandest space: a 15.5 by 7 metre hall lined in dark oak panelling reinstated after the Great Fire, lit by a gilt chandelier below a coffered ceiling. A long refectory table seats up to 87 in a U-shape beneath an 18th-century minstrel's gallery. Combined with the reception room and both court rooms, whole-venue hire reaches 170 standing.
Reception Room
Semi PrivateA panelled arrival room linking the Great Hall and the Old Court Room, used for pre-dinner drinks ahead of a booking in either. Not hired on its own. Holds up to 70 standing.
The New Court Room
PrivateA first-floor room overlooking the garden, its ornamental plaster ceiling among the features here to have survived bombing during the Blitz. A carved fire surround and mirror anchor one end, sash windows the other. The Innholders' Company still holds its monthly court meetings in this room. Seats up to 27 around a boardroom or U-shaped table.
The Old Court Room
PrivateThe smaller of the two first-floor court rooms, its ceiling picked out in gold trim dating to 1670. Cabinets either side of the fireplace hold the Company's collection of ceremonial silver spoons and antique glassware. Seats up to 27, with drinks receptions for up to 40.
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/ Features
AV Equipment
- – Projector
Catering
- – In-House Luxury Dining
Venue Specs
- – Wi-Fi
- – Dedicated Events Team
/ Getting Here
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