 The walls of the Hall are decorated with paintings of noted patrons or members of the Inn , including Nicholas Bacon and Elizabeth I. During the Second World War the Hall was one of those buildings badly damaged during the Blitz . The Treasurers ' Arms and paintings had been moved to a place of safety and were not damaged ; during the rebuilding after the War they were put back in the Hall , where they remain . The rebuilt hall was designed by Edward Maufe , and was formally opened in 1951 by the Duke of Gloucester . 
