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St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry Scenes in English West Midlands St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry was built in the Medieval style between 1340 and 1342 and much altered and extended in 1460. St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry originally served as the headquarters of the merchant guild of St Mary, and subsequently of the united guilds of the Holy Trinity, St Mary, St John the Baptist and St Katherine. Following the suppression of guilds in 1547, for a time it served as the city's armoury and as its treasury (until 1822), as well as the headquarters for administration for the city council (until the Council House opened in 1920). In November 1569, following the Catholic Rising of the North, Mary, Queen of Scots was rushed south from Tutbury Castle to Coventry. Elizabeth I sent a letter, instructing the people of Coventry to look after Mary. She suggested that Mary be held somewhere secure such as Coventry Castle. However, by that time the castle was too decayed and Mary was instead first held at the Bull Inn, Smithford Street before being moved to the Mayoress's Parlour in St Mary's Guildhall. Following the defeat of the rebels, Mary was once more sent north to Chatsworth in May 1570. George Eld, mayor of Coventry (1834–5) was an antiquarian who encouraged appreciation of Coventry's ancient buildings. He initiated the restoration of the fourteenth-century interior of the Mayoress's parlour. In 1861, the artist David Gee painted The Godiva Procession Leaving St Mary's Hall, which is now on display in the Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, Coventry. Restoration work by the council received the approval of the committee of the Coventry City Guild in 1930. Improvements had included the repair of the door at the north entrance to the crypt and providing glass and grilles in the windows of the fore crypt. Outside the crumbling exterior stonework was stabilized. The building retains a collection of royal portraits from the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries, arms and armour, fine stained glass and one of the country's most important tapestries dating from circa 1500. The building also has a vaulted undercroft which is currently a restaurant. [adapted from Wikipedia]
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The entrance to the medieval St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry.
The external wall of the Great Hall of the St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry.
Some of the oldest medieval stonework of the St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry.
The courtyard of the St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry.
The Old Council Chamber of the St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry.
Some of the carved oak furniture of the Old Council Chamber of St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry.
The 13th century chest in the Treasury of the St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry.
Some original medieval floor tiles in St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry.
The interior architecture of the Great Hall of St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry.
The great stained glass window panels in the Great Hall of St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry.
The great medieval Flemish tapestry in the Great Hall of St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry, woven on a single loom ~1495 to 1500. The very complex tapestry remains on the same wall for which it was made.
Some of the wonderful details of the Flemish Tapestry in St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry.
Views of the stained glass window panels viewed from the Gallery of the Great Hall of St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry.
The Minstrels Gallery overlooking the Great Hall of St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry.
Furniture and fittings of the Drapers Room in St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry.
The stained glass window panels in the Drapers Room of the St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry.
Some details of the stained glass window panels in the Drapers Room of the St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry.
The oak carved fittings in the Drapers Room of the St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry.
The Princes Chamber Room of St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry.
The Ante Room of the St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry.
The Armoury Room of the St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry.
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