Wonderful blue door of this lovely building captured in watercolour. Merchant Taylors’ Hall in the City of London. Celebrated as the seat of the Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylors and one of the Twelve Great Livery Companies, Merchant Taylors’ Hall boasts a lineage dating back to at least 1347. This remarkable building has survived the Great Fire of London and the Blitz, preserving original medieval stonework—including the kitchens and part of the crypt
 
Interesting facts..
The Library is a treasure, containing rare early books and first editions about London’s history, largely untouched by wartime damage.
The Merchant Taylors were among the first to build almshouses for members fallen on hard times—making them social landlords centuries before housing policy was ever formalized in London.