St Anthony's Hall

St Antony's Hall
The Hospital of St Anthony[1]
St Anthony's Hall seen from Peasholme Green
LocationPeasholme Green, York, England
Coordinates53°57′37″N 1°04′33″W / 53.9604°N 1.0759°W / 53.9604; -1.0759
Built1446–1453
Original useGuildhall
Listed Building – Grade I
Designated14 June 1954
Reference no.1256892

St Anthony's Hall in York, England, is a former medieval guildhall and Grade I listed building. It currently houses Trinity Church York and the Quilt Museum and Gallery. The Hall, located on Peasholme Green, was built between 1446 and 1453[2] on the site of a chapel of St Anthony for either the Guild of St Martin[3] or the Guild of St Anthony (which was founded in 1446).[2] After the decline of the Guilds, it was used between 1627 and 1705 for various purposes: as an arsenal, a military hospital and a prison. Between 1705 and 1947 it housed the York Bluecoat School, after which it was offered to the York Civic Trust. In 1953, it became the Borthwick Institute for Historical Research (now the Borthwick Institute for Archives),[4] which moved in 2004 to a purpose-built building next to the J. B. Morrell Library on the campus of the University of York. The Quilt Museum and Gallery opened in the Hall in 2008 and closed in 2015.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference purvis3-8 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b Pevsner, Nikolaus; Neave, David (1995) [1972]. Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (2nd ed.). London: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-071061-2.
  3. ^ Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (1981). York: Historic Buildings in the Central Area, a Photographic Record. London: HMSO. ISBN 0-11-700912-1.
  4. ^ Evans, Antonia, ed. (2002). The York Book. York: Blue Bridge. p. 28. ISBN 0-9542749-0-3.