[4] The building, which is timber-framed with plaster infill, was completed in around 1417; the design made extensive use of jettied timber framing and featured an entrance to the left end bay with iron gates at ground floor level and six leaded windows at first floor level; there was a wing to the south-east.

[5] Originally the ground floor hall displayed iconography depicting God the Father flanked by Mary, mother of Jesus and John the Evangelist.

[1] After the suppression of the chantries and religious guilds under King Edward VI in 1547, the local borough council petitioned for control of the building and secured ownership of it in 1553.

[2] The council used the ground floor hall as their main offices and also as a court of record, so that local commercial disputes might be resolved.

[8] The facility, which continues to be used by King Edward VI School, was restored, at a cost on £1.8 million, with support from the Heritage Lottery Fund,[9] between July 2015[10] and April 2016.