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Guildhall School Of Music
A guildhall, also known as a guild hall or guild house, is a historical building originally used for tax collecting by municipalities or merchants in Europe, with many surviving today in Great Britain and the Low Countries. These buildings commonly become town halls and in some cases museums while retaining their original names. As town hall in the United Kingdom In the United Kingdom, a guildhall is usually a town hall: in the vast majority of cases, the guildhalls have never served as the meeting place of any specific guild. A suggested etymology is from the Anglo Saxon "''gild'', or "payment"; the guildhall being where citizens came to pay their rates. The London Guildhall was established around 1120. For the Scottish municipal equivalent see tolbooth. List of guildhalls in the United Kingdom * Andover Guildhall * Barnstaple Guildhall * Bath Guildhall * Beverley Guildhall * Bewdley Guildhall * Blakeney Guildhall * Bodmin Guildhall * Boston Guildhall * Bradninch Guildhall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boston Guildhall
Boston Guildhall is a former municipal building in Boston, Lincolnshire. Built in 1390 and altered through the centuries, in the early 21st century it was restored and now serves as a local museum and also as a venue for civil ceremonies and private functions. It is a Grade I listed building. History St. Mary's Guild in Boston was founded as a merchant guild by a group of individuals in 1260. The guildhall, based on evidence from dendrochronology, was built in 1390, two years before incorporation of the guild and probably in anticipation of that event. The guild became wealthy as a result of extensive gifts received in the 14th and 15th centuries; an inventory shows that it held various items of gold, silver and gilt, as well as the sacred relics. In the 16th century, it established one of the country's richest trades in indulgences (in direct competition with Austin Friars, London, Austin Friars). As a result of the dissolution of the chantries and religious guilds, imposed by E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derby Guildhall
Derby Guildhall is a municipal building in the Market Place, Derby, England. It is a Grade II listed building. History A moot hall was first established in the Market Place area in 1204. This was replaced by a timber and plaster guildhall in 1500 which, in turn, made way for a stone guildhall which was designed by Richard Jackson in the Classical style and completed in 1730. A turret clock designed by John Whitehurst was installed within the pediment above the main entrance in 1737. The next structure, which was designed by Matthew Habershon also in the Classical style, was built slightly to the south of the previous structures and was completed in 1828. It featured a large central portico incorporating a rusticated basement storey (with three large archways providing pedestrian and carriage access to the market hall beyond), above which were four Ionic columns supporting a pediment. (Whitehurst's clock, retained from the old guildhall, was installed within the pediment of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conwy Guildhall
Conwy Guildhall () is a municipal structure in Rose Hill Street, Conwy, Wales. The guildhall, which is the meeting place of Conwy Town Council, is a Grade II listed building. History The first building on the site was a medieval hall completed in the 13th century. A new structure, which was arcaded on the ground floor so markets could be held, with an assembly hall on the first floor, was completed in 1613. That structure was replaced by a national school in the early 19th century. However, the national school moved to a new building further to the west along Rose Hill Street in 1840, and borough leaders decided to demolish the old school building and to replace it with a new civic building in the mid-19th century. The new building was designed in the Gothic Revival style, built in sandstone with Bath stone dressings and was completed in 1863. The design involved a range with a gable end facing Rose Hill Street, a square tower to the right of the gable end and a flight of ste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chichester Guildhall
Chichester Guildhall is a building in Chichester, West Sussex, England. The name is a bit of a misnomer, as the building was constructed as a chancel by the Grey Friars of Chichester, an Order of Franciscans. The Grey Friars received the land, now called Priory Park, in a grant from Richard, Earl of Cornwall, in 1269. It is a scheduled monument. The first record of The Guildhall in Priory Park talks of an ordination held by Archbishop John Peckham, in 1283. This date ties in with the architectural features of the Guildhall. The building is a magnificent example of late 13th-century architecture and is one of the few Franciscan Friaries in England that is still roofed. The building is an aisleless structure, with a height of . The western wall was a later addition, leading to the belief that some portion on the nave must have at least been begun. This modification to the building was executed so as to allow the chancel arch to remain visible spanning the whole width of the str ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guildhall, Chester
The Guildhall, formerly Holy Trinity Church, is a redundant church in Watergate in the city of Chester, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. The church closed in 1960, became known as the Guildhall, and was converted to be used for secular purposes. History The original building, which had a north aisle, probably dated from the late 12th century. The east end and south side were rebuilt in 1678. This church had a spire which was rebuilt in the 1770s but in 1811 was taken down for reasons of safety. The present church was built between 1865 and 1869 to a design by James Harrison. He died before it was finished and the church was completed by the firm of Kelly and Edwards of Chester. After the church deconsecrated in 1960, it was taken on by the Freemen and Guilds of the City of Chester in the late 1960s and converted into two halls, the Major Hall and the Lower Hall, for a variety of secu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Guildhall, Chard
The Guildhall is a town hall and community building in the town of Chard in the English county of Somerset. History The Guildhall was built between 1834 and 1835 to replace the town's original 16th century guildhall and market house. Owing to the inconvenient position of the original hall at Fore Street, the decision to erect a replacement was finalised in 1833. The foundation stone of the new hall was laid on 20 December 1834. Designed by the local architect Richard Carver of Taunton in the Classical style, it originally incorporated a town hall, market house and butchery, and cost over £3,000 to build. The building, which also served as the local corn exchange, first opened on 21 September 1835. The guildhall clock was manufactured by A. Payne, and installed to celebrate the accession of Queen Victoria to the throne in 1837; it strikes the hours and chimes the quarters on two bells. The building has been Grade II* listed since 1950. Much of the building's interior was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carmarthen Guildhall
Carmarthen Guildhall () is a municipal structure in Guildhall Square, Carmarthen, Wales. The guildhall, which was the headquarters of Carmarthen Borough Council, is a Grade I listed building. History The building was commissioned to replace a 16th-century guildhall which, by 1765, had become very dilapidated and had to be demolished in 1766. Some £4,000 towards the cost of the new building was donated by the future local Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament, John Adams (Carmarthen MP), John Adams. The foundation stone for the new building was laid on 10 April 1767: it was designed by Robert Taylor (architect), Sir Robert Taylor in the Neoclassical architecture, neoclassical style, built in rubble masonry and completed in 1777. The design involved a symmetrical main frontage with three bays facing onto Guildhall Square; it was originally arcaded on the ground floor, so that markets could be held, with assembly rooms on the first floor. The ground floor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cardigan Guildhall
Cardigan Guildhall (), is a municipal building in Pendre, Cardigan, Ceredigion, Wales. The structure, which is now used as an art gallery and community events venue, is a Grade II* listed building. History The first municipal building in the town was a market hall which was commissioned by a local publican, William Phillips, and erected in Market Lane in 1823. By the mid-19th century, the old market hall had become inadequate and civic leaders decided to commission a larger structure: the site they selected in Pendre was occupied by the local grammar school and by a house and a coach-house owned by a local businessman, Abraham Morgan. The foundation stone for the new building was laid by the mayor, Richard David Jenkins, on 8 July 1858. It was designed by Robert Jewell Withers in the Gothic Revival style, built by local builders, David Jenkins, John Davies and John Thomas of Cilgerran in Blue Lias stone at a cost of £4,055 and was officially opened on 9 July 1860. The des ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canterbury Guildhall
Canterbury Guildhall, formerly the Church of the Holy Cross, is a municipal building in St Peter's Place in Canterbury, Kent, England. The structure, which is the meeting place of Canterbury City Council, is a Grade II* listed building. History The original guildhall in Canterbury was located at the corner of High Street and Guildhall Street and was completed in 1180. The building, which was rebuilt in 1437, 1688 and 1697, was used as a venue for magistrates court hearings and hosted a concert at which the young composer, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, performed one of his pieces in 1765. The building in the High Street was remodelled in the neoclassical style in ashlar stone in 1835. The design involved a symmetrical main frontage with three bays facing onto the High Street; the ground floor featured a rounded headed doorway flanked by two round headed windows. There were sash windows on the first floor flanked by Corinthian order pilasters supporting an entablature and a heavily m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cambridge Guildhall
Cambridge Guildhall is a civic building in the centre of the historic city of Cambridge, England. It includes two halls, ''The Large Hall'' and ''The Small Hall'', and is used for many disparate events such as comedy acts, conferences, craft fairs, live music, talks, and weddings. It is also used by the University of Cambridge for certain examinations. It is owned and managed by the Cambridge City Council, and it is their seat of government. The Guildhall is located on the south side of Market Hill, Cambridge, Market Hill, the market square in Cambridge, between Peas Hill to the west and Guildhall Street, Cambridge, Guildhall Street to the east. It is a Grade II listed building. History The earliest known property on the site was a house, previously owned by a Jew known as Benjamin, which Henry III of England, King Henry III granted to the town for use as a prison in 1224. An adjoining synagogue was leased to the Franciscans who later moved to a convent on a site where Sidney Sus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bury St Edmunds Guildhall
Bury St Edmunds Guildhall is a municipal building in the Guildhall Street, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. The building currently operates as a heritage centre and also serves as the meeting place for Bury St Edmunds Town Council. It is a Grade I listed building. History The Guildhall is one of the largest and most impressive secular medieval buildings in the country, and a rare survival of a civic building from this period. The building, which was built with financial support from the wealthy Bury St Edmunds Abbey, dates back to 1220. The ''Bury Chronicle'' records that John of Cobham and Walter de Heliun visited the guildhall in 1279. The oldest part is the thirteenth-century stone entrance arch, within the highly decorative porch was added in the late 15th century. Its unique roof structure combines East Anglian queen posts with king posts and has been attributed to the fifteenth century, although some suggest it is midfourteenth century. Many timbers are covered in yellow ochr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
