page_title: Guildhall and Stonebow, Lincoln
section_title: Interior
hierarchical_section_title: Guildhall and Stonebow, Lincoln / Interior
caption_attribution_description: English: City Council Chamber
context_page_description: The Guildhall and Stonebow, Lincoln, has been the meeting place of the Lincoln City Council from Medieval times to the present. The term Stonebow indicates a stone archway that visitors entering the city from the south, along the High Street, would have passed through. The present building was completed around 1520, but has been subject to alterations in about 1840 and in 1885–90.
context_section_description: The interior of the guildhall has the council chamber on the first floor, which has a strutted king post roof with arch braces to the purlins in the outer bays. The tie beams have bosses. There is mid-18th. century panelling with the arms of George II, which set behind the Mayor’s chair, below a segmental pediment on Corinthian columns. Possibly the most impressive feature is the wide table around which the councillors sit. As the size of the council has been increased in recent years, additional seating has had to be added at the east end. The council is summoned to its meeting by the motte bell which dates from the 14th century.
caption: City Council Chamber
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