The Guildhall
Introduction
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The Guildhall
Image: © Neil Owen Taken: 19 Jun 2013
Gloucester's Guildhall is a fairly modern building. On this site used to be the Blue Coat Hospital, in fact a school established in 1668 by local wine merchant Sir Thomas Rich. He left money in his will to found a school for twenty poor boys and this thrived. In 1889 the school relocated to Barton Street. This allowed the city fathers to build a new guildhall in Eastgate Street. Architect G.H. Hunt created a Renaissance style hall and it was opened in 1892. The hall also housed offices, council chambers and the mayor's parlour, but some of these were sold to the Cheltenham and Gloucester Building Society in 1985. (The latter seems likely to be renamed as a T.S.B. branch.) However, the hall is still a popular venue for all sorts of entertainment and exhibitions.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.864645
Longitude
-2.244655