Old Guild Hall is a Grade II* listed building in the Peterborough local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 February 1952. A Late Renaissance Hall. 3 related planning applications.
Old Guild Hall
- WRENN ID
- sombre-barrel-ash
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Peterborough
- Constituency
- Peterborough MP: Andrew Pakes (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 February 1952
- Type
- Hall
- Period
- Late Renaissance
- Address
- Old Guild Hall, Cathedral Square, City of Peterborough, PE1 1XH
- OS grid reference
- TL 191 986
- Coordinates
- 52.57259, -0.24315
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Guild Hall, dated 1671, is a Grade II* listed building located in Cathedral Square, Peterborough. It was restored in 1929 and is constructed of stone with a hipped stone slate roof and a coved eaves cornice. The building has two storeys and attics, featuring two gabled dormers with leaded lights. The ground floor is open, supported by round-headed arches that have shield-shaped keystones, one of which is dated. There are 4-light mullion and transom windows with casements that include leaded lights set in moulded frames. The central window is flanked by narrow pilasters. The gable on the east elevation displays the Royal Arms on a panel. The Old Guild Hall was built by John Lovin, who also restored the Bishop's Palace after the Interregnum. It forms part of a group with the Greyhound Hotel, The Bell & Oak Hotel, and the Church of St John the Baptist on Church Street.
Local climate
Old Guild Hall sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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