York Guildhall
{{Short description|Grade I listed building in York, England}}
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{{Use British English|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox historic site
| name = York Guildhall
| image =Boats outside the Guildhall (geograph 7493097).jpg
| caption = The Guildhall facing the River Ouse
| locmapin =North Yorkshire
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| location = York, North Yorkshire
| built = 1459
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| designation1 = Grade I
| designation1_date = 14 June 1954
| designation1_number = 1257929
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The Guildhall York is a municipal building located in St Martins Courtyard, Coney Street, in York. Located behind the Mansion House, it is a Grade I listed building.{{NHLE|desc=Guildhall and Chamber Range, Atkinson block, Common Hall Lane and boundary wall containing entrance to lane|num=1257929|access-date=31 August 2019}}
History
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The building was constructed as a meeting place for the City's guilds between 1449 and 1459.
King Richard III was entertained in the building in 1483,{{cite web|url=https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/10726140.walking-with-king-richard-iii/|title=Walking with King Richard III|publisher=York Press|date=9 October 2013|access-date=31 August 2019}} and the Guildhall was the venue for the trial of St Margaret Clitherow, a Catholic martyr, in 1586.{{cite web|url=http://www.historyofyork.org.uk/themes/medieval/the-guildhall |publisher=History of York|title= York Guildhall|access-date=31 August 2019}} It was also the place where a ransom of £200,000 was counted before being given to the Scots in payment for the release of Charles I in 1647 during the English Civil War, and where Prince Albert, the Prince Consort to Queen Victoria was a guest of honour at a royal banquet in the building in October 1850.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wTwQDgAAQBAJ&pg=PT183|title=Celebration: Proceedings of the Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery 2011|first=Mark |last=McWilliams|publisher=Prospect Books|year=2012|isbn=978-1903018897}} At the north end of the Guildhall was a stained glass window painted by Henry Gyles in about 1682.{{cite web|url=http://www.historyofyork.org.uk/themes/20th-century/york-guildhall-painted-glass-window|title=York Guildhall Painted Glass Window|publisher=History of York|access-date=12 August 2020}}
In 1811 a building, designed by Peter Atkinson the younger as a council chamber, was erected to the south of the original hall (this is now known as "the Atkinson Room").{{cite web|title='The Guildhall, Council Chamber and Mansion House', in A History of the County of York: the City of York|first= P M |last=Tillott |location=London|year=1961|pages=542–544|publisher=British History Online |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/yorks/city-of-york/pp542-544 |access-date= 1 July 2020}} Then in 1891, another building, designed by Enoch Mawbey, the city surveyor, accommodating a larger council chamber, was built to the north of the original hall (this building is now known as "the Municipal Offices").{{cite web|url=https://democracy.york.gov.uk/documents/s98757/Background%20Paper%202%20Options%20Appraisal.pdf|title=York Guildhall Options Appraisal|page=6|publisher=York Council|access-date=1 July 2020}} The new council chamber was decorated by Kendal, Milne and Co in the 1890s.{{cite web|url=https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?resourceID=1003&uid=MYO1618|title=Municipal Offices|publisher=Heritage Gateway|access-date=1 July 2020}}
The interior of the original building, including the stained glass window, was destroyed during a Baedeker raid in 1942. After the war the Guildhall was rebuilt and a new stained glass window, depicting five aspects of the city's history (architecture, war, civic affairs, commercial trade and religious education), was designed and installed by Harry Harvey of York.{{cite web|url=https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/17736453.meet-the-man-who-designed-the-guildhalls-post-blitz-stained-glass-window/|title=Meet the man who designed the Guildhall's post-blitz stained glass window|date=1 July 2019|publisher=York Press|access-date=1 July 2020}} The complex was re-opened by Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother in 1960.{{cite web|url=http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/tourism/whattosee/historicbuildings/display.var.753790.0.guildhall.php |title=The Guildhall|publisher=York Press|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060821214456/http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/tourism/whattosee/historicbuildings/display.var.753790.0.guildhall.php|access-date=1 July 2020|archive-date=21 August 2006}}
Throughout the 20th century meetings of the City of York Council were held in the Guildhall;{{cite web|url=http://www.york.gov.uk/info/200549/council_buildings_and_departments/193/council_buildings_and_departments/7 |title=The Guildhall|publisher= York Council|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150311163952/http://www.york.gov.uk/info/200549/council_buildings_and_departments/193/council_buildings_and_departments/7|access-date=12 August 2020|archive-date=11 March 2015}} however, in Autumn 2017, when a programme of restoration work began at the Guildhall, temporary arrangements were put in place for the council to meet in the former Salvation Army Citadel on Gillygate.{{cite web|url=https://www.yorkmix.com/date-set-9m-plan-transform-york-guildhall-world-class-business-venue/|title=Date set for £9m plan to transform York Guildhall into 'world-class business venue'|publisher=York Mix|date=30 August 2017|access-date=1 July 2020}} The renovation, which cost £21 million and was carried out to remedy serious structural issues, was completed in 2022 and the building was subsequently leased to the University of York, as a centre for start up businesses.{{cite news|url=https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/20144570.york-council-hands-keys-21m-guildhall-renovation/|title=York council hands over keys after £21m Guildhall renovation|date=17 May 2022|newspaper=York Press|access-date=3 January 2023}}
See also
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Guildhall, York}}[https://yorkconferences.com/venues/the-guildhall-york/ The Guildhall York - York Conferences and Events - 3D Tour Available]
Category:Buildings and structures of the University of York
Category:City and town halls in North Yorkshire
Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1459
Category:Government buildings completed in the 15th century
Category:Grade I listed buildings in York
Category:Grade I listed government buildings