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Guildhall
Hob Uid: 448322
Location : Devon Exeter Non Civil Parish
Grid Ref : SX9197092650
Summary : A guildhall of 1468-70, incorporating the Chapel of St George and St John The Baptist. The projecting porch and the mayor's parlour above were added in 1592-4. The building was restored in the 19th century. Listed.
More information : (SX 91979265) Guildhall (NR) (AD 1330) (NAT) (1) There is documentary evidence for the building of the Guildhall in Exeter in 1330, and this date is assigned to the present structure, except for the ornate fore-building which is dated 1593-5. But there is earlier documentary in 1154-60 and 1234-53 for a Guildhall on the same site, and there is a reasonable likelihood that the hall of a Saxon Gild, known to have existed by 1000 AD, stood there also. The building now consists of a main hall, 62' 6" x 25' x 37' 8" high, and a three-storeyed Elizabethan projection in front, which projects over the footpath supported by columns. Until the suppression of the chantries after the accession of Edward VI, the hall contained, in a front part dating to 1484, a Chapel dedicated to St George and St Johnthe Baptist. (2-3) The Guildhall (No 203) I 1468-70, restored in C19 with the porch and mayor's parlour above of 1592-4. Scheduled Ancient Monument. Nos 192-203 (consec) form a group. (For full description see list) (4) The Guildhall is now descheduled (5)

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Source details : OS 25" 1969
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Source details : Arch J 70 1913 514-7
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Source details : Two Thousand Years in Exeter 1969 21 (W G Hoskins)
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Source details : DOE(HHR) Exeter Area Devon June 1974 134
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Source Number : 5
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Source details : Eng Heritage Record Form and Plan 16-MAR-1988
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : 1468-70
Monument End Date : 1470
Monument Start Date : 1468
Monument Type : Guildhall
Evidence : Extant Building

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : 1484
Monument End Date : 1484
Monument Start Date : 1484
Monument Type : Guild Chapel
Evidence : Extant Building

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Altered in 1592-4
Monument End Date : 1594
Monument Start Date : 1592
Monument Type : Guildhall
Evidence : Extant Building

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Suppressed 1548
Monument End Date : 1548
Monument Start Date : 1548
Monument Type : Guild Chapel
Evidence : Extant Building

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Restored in C19th
Monument End Date : 1899
Monument Start Date : 1800
Monument Type : Town Hall, Guildhall
Evidence : Extant Building

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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : DV 84
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External Cross Reference Source : Listed Building List Entry Legacy Uid
External Cross Reference Number : 89237
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SX 99 SW 36
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Activity type : DENDROCHRONOLOGICAL SURVEY
Start Date : 1999-01-01
End Date : 1999-12-31