🏘️ St Anthony's Hall

St Anthony's Hall is a former medieval guildhall and Grade I listed building on Peasholme Green in the city of York, England. It currently houses Trinity Church York and The Quilters' Guild of the British Isles. The hall was built between 1446 and 1453 on the site of a chapel of St Anthony for either the Guild of St Martin or the Guild of St Anthony. 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, 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.