The hall was originally a monastery that dated from the 10th century.[3] The site for the hall was bought with the proceeds of a bequest from a John Throwstone in 1519.[4] The hall was rebuilt after being damaged in the Great Fire of London in 1666.[5] It was described in 1815 by John Wilkes in his Encyclopaedia Londinensis as a "small but very handsome building".[6] After being little used by the Company of Broderers, it became a warehouse in the 19th century.[5] In 1889 during excavations for a basement, human bones were found as well as pieces of poetry and glass from Londinium, the Roman settlement.[3]
The hall was destroyed in World War II in 1940, during the London blitz.[3] The Broderers sold the site of the hall in 1957, and a plaque now marks the spot where it once stood, now 33 Gutter Lane, an office building.[7] The Worshipful Company of Broderers now dine in Mercers' Hall, the hall of the Worshipful Company of Mercers.[3] The Broderers gave the Mercers an altar cloth for their chapel in 1958.[3]
