The Guildhall
Cathedral Square
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A few steps away stands a chamber on stone legs. The Guildhall was built in 1671, in warm local limestone, by the master mason John Lovin. It was paid for by public subscription and set deliberately facing the Cathedral gateway, on or near the site of a covered Butter Cross.
It is likely the city's Feoffees built the Guildhall to celebrate the restoration of Charles II in 1660. The gable carries painted royal arms, between shields for the bishop, the dean and two local families.
Blue plaque: on the south side of the Guildhall.
Source: Peterborough Civic Society, blue plaque 19 (The Guildhall).
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Walk through the old stone gateway that the chamber on legs was built to face. In the cloisters beyond, find the house where a schoolgirl learned and then taught, before she became a nurse the whole world would know.
Reveal answer
The Cathedral Precincts and Laurel Court
Through the gateway from Cathedral Square
Walk through the stone gateway on the east side of the square into the Precincts, towards the West Front.
Bus: No bus runs here. It is about 3 minutes on foot from the Guildhall.