Lavenham Wool Hall
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| Former names | The Hall of the Guild of the Blessed Virgin |
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| Type | Timber framed guildhall |
| Town or city | Lavenham |
| Coordinates | 52°06′27″N 0°47′47″E / 52.107519°N 0.796385°E |
| Completed | 1464 |
| Client | The Guild of the Blessed Virgin |
Lavenham Wool Hall is a Grade I listed sixteenth century[1] timber framed building on Lady Street in Lavenham, Suffolk.
History
The building started life as the hall of the Guild of Blessed Virgin, and is situated on Lady Street. It was one of the four medieval guilds in Lavenham.
It was converted into a Wool Hall in the late sixteenth century.
It was restored by Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll around 1911 who then transferred it to Mrs Culver and it became the Railway Women's Convalescent Home. It was incorporated into the Swan Hotel in 1963.
References
- ↑ The Buildings of England, Suffolk. Nikolaus Pevsner, Yale University Press ISBN 978-0300096484
External links
Media related to The Old Wool Hall, Lavenham at Wikimedia Commons