Winchester Guildhall
Winchester Guildhall is a municipal building in the High Street, Winchester, Hampshire. It is a Grade II listed building.History
The site was previously occupied by St Mary's Abbey and came under crown control on the dissolution of the monasteries in the late 1530s: it was then gifted by Queen Mary to the City of Salisbury in gratitude for the city's support in securing her marriage to King Philip of Spain in 1554. The building, which was designed by Jeffery and Skiller in the Gothic Revival style, was completed in 1875. In June 2009, a room in the Guildhall was extensively refurbished with financial support from the Marchioness of Winchester and renamed after the Marchioness with a huge portrait of her in her state robes by Frank Salisbury taking pride of place.
