It is a plain brick building of modern erection; above the entrance in are the arms of the company. The building forms

anno

1585

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Tyme glydes away,

One God obey.

Let truth bear sway,

So Tindal still did say.

Aetatis suae 75.

In the lower part of the picture,

Mr. Roger Tindall, memorable for a worthy benefactor, and

three

times master of this company.

In another part of the painting,

Whatever thou dost, mark thy end.

revived

Adjoining the court room is a fire proof closet for the archives of the company.

On the ceiling are oval allegorical paintings on copper. They appear to have been executed about .

On the same floor is the dining room, an elegant apartment, at the west end of which is a large and fine painting of the entry of Richard II. and Henry Bolingbroke, afterwards Henry IV. into London; it was executed by James Northcote, esq. in , and was purchased by the company on the sale of the Shakespeare gallery, in , for In this apartment are other paintings,

the masquerade scene from Romeo and Juliet,

The drawing room, which communicates by spacious folding doors, is furnished in a similar style, and contains painting,

a scene in Twelfth night,

The hall, which is on the ground floor, is lighted by windows and an oval lanthorn. Against the walls are full length portraits of George I., George II., and his consort ; the presented by sir Harcourt Master, alderman of the ward, , and the last by Mr. J. Oliphant, master, . On each side of the hall, at the upper end, are glazed recesses for the company's plate, and, above open niches, in which are placed figures of men in

At the northern extent of this ward was formerly a large piece of waste land known as