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Guildhall crypt. During the Roman period, the Guildhall was the site of the London Roman Amphitheatre, rediscovered as recently as 1988.It was the largest in Roman Britain, partial remains of which are on public display in the basement of the Guildhall Art Gallery, and the outline of whose arena is marked with a black circle on the paving of the courtyard in front of the hall.
In the 11th century the area was reoccupied and by the 12th century the first London Guildhall was built next to it, which survives despite the Great Fire of London and The Blitz. [1] Various other buildings were constructed around the site of the amphitheatre, which eventually became the public plaza of Guildhall Yard seen today.
The guildhall was used as the offices of the deken (deacon) and other guild officers, and for meetings by the overlieden (board of directors). The guild members would occasionally be called to the guildhall for meetings on important matters. [13] [14] The guildhall of the merchants' guild also served as de facto commodity market.
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The Guildhall of St George is the largest surviving medieval guildhall in the country. It is a Grade I listed building. [21] Built of brick, and of two storeys with a gable roof, its dimensions are 32.6 x 8.8 m (107 x 29 feet). [22] The building occupies a long, narrow site which was once a burgage plot between King Street and the river.
The Guildhall in Leicester, England, is a timber framed building, with the earliest part dating from c. 1390. The Guildhall once acted as the town hall for the city until the current one was commissioned in 1876. It is located in the old walled city, on a street now known as Guildhall Lane.
St George’s Guildhall in King’s Lynn, Norfolk, last year identified floorboards believed to have formed part of a stage once trodden by the Bard. ... For premium support please call: 800-290 ...
Detail of the façade. The site on the south-western corner of Parliament Square was originally the belfry of Westminster Abbey. [7] The first guildhall, designed as an octagon with a Doric portico by Samuel Pepys Cockerell, was built for the justices of the City and Liberty of Westminster and opened as the "Westminster Sessions House" or "Westminster Guildhall" in 1805.