Very little is known of the third Hall, which was commenced in 1633. It was burned in the Great Fire of London, although the Fourth Hall seems to have been in part a re-facing of the old, damaged, structure.
Like the previous Hall, the third Hall was entered from Mincing Lane, after which the visitor crossed a courtyard to reach the Livery Hall, which was oriented North-South. The subsidiary rooms seem to reflect those in the previous Hall, with the addition of a Music Room and the 'Hippocras House', which had walls lined with shelves and contained a great press (cupboard) and a balloting box.
This was the Hall which Samuel Pepys recorded visiting on 28 June 1660: 'Our entertainment very good. A brave hall. Good company and very good Musique'.
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