Museums · South East England
Queenborough Guildhall
Queenborough Guildhall is a former municipal building in the High Street in Queenborough, Kent, England. The structure, which is currently used as a museum, is a Grade II listed building.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1.5 h–3 h
- Best time of year
- Year-round
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Queenborough Guildhall is a former municipal building in the High Street in Queenborough, Kent, England. The structure, which is currently used as a museum, is a Grade II listed building.
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Queenborough Guildhall is a former municipal building in the High Street in Queenborough, Kent, England. The structure, which is currently used as a museum, is a Grade II listed building.
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Background
History
The first municipal building in Queenborough was a medieval market house: it was open on the ground floor, so that markets could be held, with an assembly room for civic meetings and court hearings on the first floor. The market house was surrendered when the town was briefly captured by Dutch forces during the raid on the Medway in June 1667. There was no mention of Queenborough in the Treaty of Breda and a tradition was subsequently established that the market house had never formally been handed back to the town. The market house was demolished and replaced by a new guildhall in 1728: this building was deemed by civic officials to project out too far into the High Street and they decided…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 51.4172, 0.7425
- County
- Kent
- District
- Swale
- Parish
- Queenborough
- Postcode
- ME11 5AA
- Parliamentary constituency
- Sittingbourne and Sheppey
- Established
- 1793
- Opening
- Apr-Oct Mo-Fr,Su off; Sa 14:00-17:00; Nov-Mar 24/7 off
- Official site
- www.queenboroughguildhallmuseum.co.uk
Sources
- wikipedia: Queenborough Guildhall (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Queenborough Guildhall?
- Queenborough Guildhall is in Kent, South-East England, United Kingdom (postcode ME11 5AA), in the parish of Queenborough.
- When was Queenborough Guildhall built?
- Built or established in 1793.
- How do I get to Queenborough Guildhall?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode ME11 5AA. It sits within the Sittingbourne and Sheppey parliamentary constituency.