The Grocers' Hall, north side of Poultry Street

Although the Grocers' Hall was not totally destroyed in the Great Fire (its roof collapsed, but the walls held) the Hall was totally rebuilt in 1668-1669 with money donated by Sir John Cutler, a four-time Master of the Company. During the eighteenth century the Hall was extended, notably by Sir John Moore who became Lord Mayor of London in the 1680s. The picture above depicts yet another incarnation of the Hall, somewhat poorly built of brick and stone by Thomas Leverton in the opening years of the nineteenth century. Edward Brayley described the Hall thus: "although not a splendid fabric, it is well adapted to its enclosed situation (being situated down a narrow alley in an enclosed court)". This Hall lasted until 1888 when it was rebuilt yet again.