About

Ionic Lodge 227 was not named as such from its inception in 1798.

Ionic Lodge 227, is among a very few “Atholl” or “Antient” Lodges still in existence today (2023)

In 1798, Princess of Wales’s Fencible Cavalry Lodge 312 was formed in Manchester and the warrant

the surrendered possibly because the cavalry was disbanded.

In 1810, warrant number 312 was allocated to Machanical Lodge, founded in Woolwich, London.

In 1814, Machanical Lodge was re-registered under warrant number 397 following the union of

Antients Grand Lodge and Premier Grand Lodge in 1813

In 1825, Machanical Lodge was renamed as Ionic Lodge with the same warrant number 397

In 1832, Ionic Lodge was re-registered under warrant number 275

In 1863, Ionic Lodge was again re-registered under warrant number 227 and has remained the same since.

Meeting venues over the years:

2020 – Current Freemasons Hall, Great Queen Street, London, WC2B 5UN

2014 to 2015 The Clerkenwell Centre, 61 Lever Street, Clerkenwell, London, EC1V 3AR

1979 to 2013 Central London Masonic Centre, (The Old Sessions House) Clerkenwell Green, London, EC1 0NA

1976 to 1979 The Park Court Hotel, Lancaster Gate, London, W2 3NA.

1972 to 1976 The Café Royal, 68, Regent Street, London, W1B 5EL

1893 to 1972 The Criterion Restaurant, 224 Piccadilly, London, W1J 9HS

1854 to 1893 Ship & Turtle Tavern, 122 Leadenhall Street, London, EC3V 4PT

1860 to 1860 Brunswick Hotel & Tavern, Blackwell, Poplar, London, E15

1852 to 1852 London Tavern, Bishopsgate Street, London, EC2

1851 to 1854 The King’s Head Tavern, Poultry, London, EC2

1849 to 1849 The Crown & Sceptre, Greenwich, London, SE18

1835 to 1851 The George & Vulture Tavern, George Yard, Lombard Street, Cornhill, (The City) London, EC3

1835 to 1835 No. 7, Little Dean Street, Westminster, London, W1

1825 to 1835 The White Swan, The Village, Old Charlton, Kent

1820 to 1825 The Coopers Arms, 120, High Street, London, SE18

1817 to 1820 The Golden Anchor, Church Street, Woolwich. London, E16

1812 to 1817 The Ordnance Arms, Beresford Square, Woolwich, London, SE18

1811 to 1812 The Shakespeare Tavern, Powis Street, London, SE18

1810 to 1811 The Fortune of War, Thomas Street, Woolwich, London, E16

Ionic Lodge 227 regular Lodge meetings are held at Freemasons Hall 4 times per year:

4^th Monday in February
4^th Monday in March
1^st Wednesday in September
3^rd Wednesday in December (Installation)

Currently live = Done for 2022-2023

Currently live = Done for 2022-2023