Exeter Guildhall Other

The Guildhall has served as the centrepiece of Exeter's civic life for more than 800 years. A structure of outstanding architectural interest, it is not merely an ancient monument but remains a busy working building - still in regular use for a variety of civic functions and full meetings of the City Council.

A structure of outstanding architectural interest, it is not merely an ancient monument but remains a busy working building, still used regularly for a variety of civic functions full meetings of the City Council, official receptions for the city's visitors, meetings of city charities and other voluntary bodies, annual mayoral banquets and exhibitions relating to the city's past or its future development and occasionally as a magistrates' court. Its treasures include a remarkable range of civic regalia, some of the pieces surviving from the Middle Ages, and it once also housed the outstanding collection of city archives, now kept in the security of the Devon Record Office in Castle Street, Exeter.