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Lavenham Wool Hall
Lavenham Wool Hall is located in Suffolk
Lavenham Wool Hall
Former namesThe Hall of the Guild of the Blessed Virgin
General information
TypeGuildhall
Town or cityLavenham
Coordinates52°06′27″N 0°47′47″E / 52.107519°N 0.796385°E / 52.107519; 0.796385
Completed1464
ClientThe Guild of the Blessed Virgin
Technical details
Structural systemJettied timber framing

Lavenham Wool Hall, also known as the Swan Hotel, is a timber framed building on Lady Street in Lavenham, Suffolk, England. Dating from the fifteenth or sixteenth centuries, it has been protected since 1958 as a listed building (Grade I).[1][2]

  1. ^ The Buildings of England, Suffolk. Nikolaus Pevsner, Yale University Press ISBN 978-0300096484
  2. ^ "Swan Hotel". British Listed Buildings.

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