Lodge Of Instruction

Burdett Coutts Lodge of Instruction meets at Freemasons’ Hall, London, WC2B 5AZ, on the first Wednesday in the months of January, April, September, October and December.

Details from the Preceptor, W. Bro. Alan Cobbold SLGR SLGCR

The History of Burdetts Coutts LOI

From incomplete records (LoI minutes and Lodge summonses), we know that it met at the following venues:

  • The Great Eastern Hotel, before World War 2
  • The Dover Castle, 42 Library Street, Borough Road, SE1. 6 Jan 1948 to 29 May 1956
  • The Red Lion, EC2. 31 Aug 1956 to 30 Oct 1959
  • The Mitre, Hatfields, SE1, 4 Nov 1959 to 30 Nov 1966.
  • The Crown, 108 Blackfriars Road, SE1, from 7 December 1966 to 1975
  • St James’s Tavern, 72 St James’s Road, SE16, from 26 March 1975 to 1976
  • Mansfield Bowling Club, Croftdown Road, NW5, from 1976 to 1982
  • The Victoria, Charterhouse Street, EC1, from 25 May 1983 to December 1985
  • Clerkenwell Masonic Centre, Clerkenwell Green, EC1, from January 1986 – May 1987
  • Freemasons’ Hall, Great Queen Street, WC2, from 2 September 1987 to 2008
  • The Gun, 54 Brushfield Street, E1, from 2008 to 2015
  • And one meeting at the Bell, 50 Middlesex Street, E1
  • Freemasons’ Hall, Great Queen Street, WC2, from 2015 to present