On Church Street in Stratford-upon-Avon.

Taken this before (but was close up to it).

Guildhall, King Edward Vi Grammar School - Grade I listed.

Guildhall,king Edward Vi Grammar School, Stratford-upon-Avon

   STRATFORD-UPON-AVON

   SP2054NW CHURCH STREET
   604-1/10/52 (East side)
   25/10/51 Guildhall, King Edward VI Grammar
   School
   (Formerly Listed as:
   CHURCH STREET
   (East side)
   King Edward VI Grammar School; The
   Old Vicarage; The Pedagogue's House)

   GV I

   Formerly known as: Guildhall (part) CHURCH STREET.
   Guildhall, now school, incorporating slightly earlier house to
   rear. c1417, bay to left end slightly later. For the Guild of
   the Holy Cross. Timber-frame with plaster infill on renewed
   ashlar base; tile roof. L-plan.
   2 storeys; 6-window range. 1st floor jettied on joist ends
   with moulded bressumer. Entry to left end bay has iron gates.
   Ground floor has 5-light windows with leaded glazing behind
   diagonal wood mullions and plain sills, 3-light window to left
   end; 1st floor has 4-light windows, but one to left end of 2
   lights and one to centre of 3 lights, leaded glazing. Close
   studding with tension braces to right end.
   Rear has jettied 1st floor and gabled wing to left with inner
   return lean-to outshut and outer return gabled wing; return
   entrance and elliptical arch to through-passage; varied
   fenestration including large 6- and 7-light diagonal-mullioned
   windows to ground floor, cross-casements to 1st floor; wing
   has 1st floor 4-light ovolo-mullioned and transomed window,
   similar 3-light windows to gabled dormers to outshut, one to
   return.
   INTERIOR: hall has double-chamfered beams and C15 moulded
   spine beam, blocked south window; signs of dais and remains of
   C15 wall paintings and inscription; C20 stair and original
   winding stair. Over Hall has varying arch-braced tie beam
   trusses with collars and struts, signs of partitioning to 2nd
   from south; plaster panel with inscribed names etc, and old
   desks and master's chair; wing (armoury) has early C17
   panelling and fireplace with painted Stuart arms, ogee-headed
   doorway has remains of painted decoration; upper room has
   moulded ceiling beams to c1500 ceiling now removed and
   painting of Tudor roses etc; ogee-headed doorway with battened
   wide-boarded door with strap hinges.
   HISTORICAL NOTE: the guild was founded in 1269 and refounded
   after amalgamations in 1403; it was suppressed in 1547 and the
   Guildhall passed to the corporation, who used the hall for
   meetings until 1842; plays were performed here 1569 and later.
   The guild's school was reconstituted as the present grammar
   school in 1555, the Over Hall being used for teaching; its
   most notable pupil was, it is said, William Shakespeare,
   1564-1616.
   (VCH (offprint): Styles P: The Borough of Stratford-upon-Avon
   and the Parish of Alveston: London: 1946-: 12; Fogg N:
   Stratford-upon-Avon: Portrait of a Town: Chichester: 1986-:
   3-9, 19; Forrest H E: The Old Houses of Stratford-upon-Avon:
   London: 1925-: 129FF; Puddephat W: The Guild Chapel & Other
   Guild Buildings of Stratford-upon-Avon: Stratford-upon-Avon:
   1987-).