{"id":10101,"date":"2026-06-15T20:36:58","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T20:36:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sslso.org.uk\/?p=10101"},"modified":"2026-06-15T21:03:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T21:03:31","slug":"visit-to-freemasons-hall-and-st-albans-holborn-saturday-25th-july-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sslso.org.uk\/?p=10101","title":{"rendered":"Visit to Freemasons&#8217; Hall and St. Alban&#8217;s, Holborn &#8211; Saturday, 25th July 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>On Saturday, 25th July, 11am, we shall be visiting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ugle.org.uk\/freemasons-hall\">Freemasons&#8217; Hall<\/a>, 60 Great Queen Street, London WC2B 5AZ. The closest tube stations are Holborn and Covent Garden. Freemasons\u2019 Hall stands on a site that has been used to hold meetings for Freemasons since 1775. Completed in 1933 as a memorial to the thousands of Freemasons who died in the First World War, it is recognised as one of the finest Art Deco buildings in England. The Hall hosts a <a href=\"https:\/\/npor.org.uk\/survey\/N16533\">3-manual &amp; pedal Willis organ<\/a> which was rebuilt to much acclaim by Harrison &amp; Harrison in 2015. For those wishing to have an advanced preview, you might like to catch <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ugle.org.uk\/freemasons-hall\/events\/organ-concert-freemasons-hall\">Daniel Moult&#8217;s concert<\/a> at the same venue at 6pm, July 21st.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please note that you will need to confirm your attendance NO LATER THAN SATURDAY 20th JUNE, and valid ID is required from everyone on the day.  <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSf2AQB20hl8IG7CNOD6ccwIVLVuG0YTuhp3xNjDI3GNAfum2A\/viewform\">Please let us know if you wish to join<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the afternoon at 1pm we will move on to the church of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stalbansholborn.co.uk\/\">St. Alban the Martyr<\/a>, Brooke Street, London EC1N 7RD, which houses a <a href=\"https:\/\/npor.org.uk\/survey\/N17549\">3-manual &amp; pedal Compton organ<\/a>.\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m28!1m12!1m3!1d2952.546884724789!2d-0.11918319441557669!3d51.51714029606251!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!4m13!3e2!4m5!1s0x48761b34d10c8367%3A0xfb2c0d1be19ce658!2sFreemasons%20Hall%2C%20London%2C%2060%20Great%20Queen%20St%2C%20London%20WC2B%205AZ!3m2!1d51.515012299999995!2d-0.1214145!4m5!1s0x48761b4c0b291037%3A0xa539e9a1e95d5c1e!2sSt%20Alban%E2%80%99s%20Church%2C%20Holborn%2C%2018%20Brooke%20St%2C%20London%20EC1N%207RD!3m2!1d51.5196271!2d-0.11058409999999999!5e0!3m2!1sen!2suk!4v1781555704912!5m2!1sen!2suk\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" style=\"border:0;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"><\/iframe>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sslso.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sslso.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sslso.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sslso.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sslso.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10101"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sslso.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10117,"href":"https:\/\/sslso.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10101\/revisions\/10117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sslso.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sslso.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sslso.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}