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Buildings where the building is the reason to go: the inside-out, the Art Deco, the concrete, and the ones that make no sense at all until somebody explains them.
A vast Art Deco temple behind a Covent Garden street door, built as a war memorial.
Art DecoYou can go insideFree
The third Masonic hall on this site, built between 1927 and 1933 by Henry Victor Ashley and F. Winton Newman, and not built as an office: it is a memorial to the 3,225 freemasons killed in the First World War, and the scale follows from that. The Grand Temple at the centre seats seventeen hundred under a mosaic ceiling, behind bronze doors weighing more than a tonne each that a child could push open on their bearings. Everything else - the vestibules, the staircases, the light fittings - is Art Deco of a quality London has almost nowhere else, which is why film crews are in it constantly. Parts are open free every day the museum is.
| Monday | Closed |
|---|---|
| Tuesday | 10:00 – 17:00 |
| Wednesday | 10:00 – 17:00 |
| Thursday | 10:00 – 17:00 |
| Friday | 10:00 – 17:00 |
| Saturday | 10:00 – 17:00 |
| Sunday | Closed |
Hours from the page that lists them, checked 7 September 2026.
Closed on Mondays and public holidays. The Grand Temple is on the daily tours when the building is not in use.
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Data is compiled from public sources including OpenStreetMap, under the ODbL. Hours change often, so check before making a journey.