Vintners’ Hall
Upper Thames Street
London
EC4V 3BG
T: 020 7248 4704
Visitor Information
The Vintners' Company, with its first Charter in 1364, is ranked eleventh out of the Twelve Great Livery Companies of the City of London. With its trade, social, charitable and educational interests, the Company continues to play an important role in the 21st Century.
The history of the Vintners' Company is a fascinating story of trade, charity, politics and companionship. Although the medieval, possibly even Saxon, origins of the London guilds remains somewhat unknown, there is absolutely no doubt that in medieval London the livery companies, including the Vintners, exercised immense power in economic, social, political and religious spheres.
The site of the Hall was vested in the Company by the will of Guy Shuldham in 1446. The Hall itself was burnt down in the Great Fire of London. Rebuilding began almost immediately and the Court held its first meeting in the new building in 1671. In 1822 Upper Thames Street was widened. The Hall lost some of its rooms, and was given a new facade and entrance gates. The present facade and entrance date from 1910.
Rooms, Layouts and Capacities
Livery Hall: Theatre with no Audio Visual (170), Theatre with Audio Visual (150), Dinner on an E Shape Table (152), Dinner on Round Tables (120), Classroom (50), Boardroom (50), Reception (250)
Drawing Room: Theatre (60), Boardroom (26), Reception (152)
Swan Room: Theatre (40), Boardroom (20), Reception (50), Dinner (40)
Gassiot Room: Theatre (40), Dinner (24), Classroom (15), Boardroom (24), Reception (40)