Discover one of the finest medieval guildhalls in the world. Home to York’s entrepreneurs for 660 years and counting.
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Merchant Adventurers’ Hall
And before anyone else gets in there first...yes these chairs are not particularly comfortable so you will definitely be thinking of your latter end and how sore it is.
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It’s Friday night which means it’s the weekend!
May it be as glorious as the roses in the Hall’s garden. 🩷
Behold a 17th century chair.
Fairly ordinary apart from the carved crossed human bones on the seat.
Pirates! You’re thinking. Sadly not - this is a memento mori. Whilst you’re perched on the chair you are asked to think of your latter end.
✨ At York Merchant Adventurers' C14th timbered hall, the joy of craft has been caught in Medusa’s gaze – surging, soaring, uplifting. This place is not merely a building, but a glade within a forest – the medieval artisan’s woody memoranda embedded within the street. A must see.
Do you like the little Bakelite and glass light shades?
We still have one of these in the anterooms - pictured!
Afternoon those of the bluesky. We thought we'd try something different today.
This is our silver display - as you can see it has shiny silver in it.
Zoom in, pick a piece, reply with said choice and we'll tell you about it. 👍
We have an apology to make. It's been 9 days since we have shared a picture of the Great Hall's roof.
To make up for this heinous crime, here's one showing the roof in the early 1920s.
We even stuck in the Great Hall's partition as a sweetener.
