Beverley Guildhall

About

This historic building represents over 500 years of Beverley's civic pride. Based on a medieval open hall building and substantially re-modelled in 1762 the stunning Georgian courtroom has a beautiful stucco plasterwork ceiling created by Giuseppe Cortese. The magistrates' room has a collection of 17th century oak furniture and the refined parlour, traditionally used to entertain civic dignitaries, now holds a collection of civic silver, the most significant of which are the 15th century ceremonial waits' chains. The Guildhall now also hosts the Beverley Community Museum where you can explore the history of the town through a collection of photographs and social history objects and the programme of temporary social history exhibitions that run throughout the year.

At a glance

• Typical visit: about 30 minutes