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freemason hall london

OPEN HOUSE LONDON 2011: FREEMASONS HALL

  Front entrance to the Freemason’s Hall 60 Great Queen’s Street, London © Heather Shimmin DESCRIPTION The Freemasonʼs Hall is the headquarters for the United Grand Lodge of England. This is the third Freemasonʼs Hall to be built on this site. The Freemasonʼs Hall is designed in an irregular pentagon pattern with the Grand Temple at the centre. The architects were H V Ashely and F Winton Newman, who also designed the Council House extension and Art Gallery

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swiss church london

OPEN HOUSE LONDON 2011: SWISS CHURCH, LONDON

  Swiss Church London, 79 Endell Street.  Photo © 2011 Heather Shimmin DESCRIPTION The Swiss Church London was built on Endell Street in the 1850s (the original church was built on Moor Street, Soho in 1775) and was listed Grade II by English Heritage in 1973. The Swiss Church has just recently completed a major multi-million pound makeover. The redesign was done by Swiss Architects Christ & Gantenbein and was completed right before Open House London. The aim

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