On Church Street in Stratford-upon-Avon.

Taken this before (but was close up to it).

Guildhall, King Edward Vi Grammar School - Grade I listed.

Guildhall,king Edward Vi Grammar School, Stratford-upon-Avon

   STRATFORD-UPON-AVON 

   SP2054NW CHURCH STREET    604-1/10/52 (East side)    25/10/51 Guildhall, King Edward VI Grammar    School    (Formerly Listed as:    CHURCH STREET    (East side)    King Edward VI Grammar School; The    Old Vicarage; The Pedagogue's House) 

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   Formerly known as: Guildhall (part) CHURCH STREET.    Guildhall, now school, incorporating slightly earlier house to    rear. c1417, bay to left end slightly later. For the Guild of    the Holy Cross. Timber-frame with plaster infill on renewed    ashlar base; tile roof. L-plan.    2 storeys; 6-window range. 1st floor jettied on joist ends    with moulded bressumer. Entry to left end bay has iron gates.    Ground floor has 5-light windows with leaded glazing behind    diagonal wood mullions and plain sills, 3-light window to left    end; 1st floor has 4-light windows, but one to left end of 2    lights and one to centre of 3 lights, leaded glazing. Close    studding with tension braces to right end.    Rear has jettied 1st floor and gabled wing to left with inner    return lean-to outshut and outer return gabled wing; return    entrance and elliptical arch to through-passage; varied    fenestration including large 6- and 7-light diagonal-mullioned    windows to ground floor, cross-casements to 1st floor; wing    has 1st floor 4-light ovolo-mullioned and transomed window,    similar 3-light windows to gabled dormers to outshut, one to    return.    INTERIOR: hall has double-chamfered beams and C15 moulded    spine beam, blocked south window; signs of dais and remains of    C15 wall paintings and inscription; C20 stair and original    winding stair. Over Hall has varying arch-braced tie beam    trusses with collars and struts, signs of partitioning to 2nd    from south; plaster panel with inscribed names etc, and old    desks and master's chair; wing (armoury) has early C17    panelling and fireplace with painted Stuart arms, ogee-headed    doorway has remains of painted decoration; upper room has    moulded ceiling beams to c1500 ceiling now removed and    painting of Tudor roses etc; ogee-headed doorway with battened    wide-boarded door with strap hinges.    HISTORICAL NOTE: the guild was founded in 1269 and refounded    after amalgamations in 1403; it was suppressed in 1547 and the    Guildhall passed to the corporation, who used the hall for    meetings until 1842; plays were performed here 1569 and later.    The guild's school was reconstituted as the present grammar    school in 1555, the Over Hall being used for teaching; its    most notable pupil was, it is said, William Shakespeare,    1564-1616.    (VCH (offprint): Styles P: The Borough of Stratford-upon-Avon    and the Parish of Alveston: London: 1946-: 12; Fogg N:    Stratford-upon-Avon: Portrait of a Town: Chichester: 1986-:    3-9, 19; Forrest H E: The Old Houses of Stratford-upon-Avon:    London: 1925-: 129FF; Puddephat W: The Guild Chapel & Other    Guild Buildings of Stratford-upon-Avon: Stratford-upon-Avon:    1987-).