Structural system Jettied timber framing | Completed 1464 Opened 1464 | |
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Former names The Hall of the Guild of the Blessed Virgin Client The Guild of the Blessed Virgin | ||
Lavenham Wool Hall, also known as the Swan Hotel, is a timber framed building on Lady Street in Lavenham, Suffolk, England. Dating from the fifteenth or sixteenth centuries, it has been protected since 1958 as a listed building (grade I).
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Map of Lavenham Wool Hall, Lavenham, Sudbury, UK
History
The building started life as a guildhall. It belonged to the Guild of the Blessed Virgin, one of the four medieval guilds in Lavenham. It was converted into a Wool Hall in the late seventeenth 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
Lavenham Wool Hall Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA