The 13th-century chancel of the Grey Friars of Chichester

Chichester Guildhall, standing in Chichester, West Sussex, England, is an impressive display of late 13th-century architecture. The building was constructed as a chancel by the Grey Friars of Chichester, an Order of Franciscans, who received the land in a grant from Richard, Earl of Cornwall, in 1269. The first record of The Guildhall in Priory Park talks of an ordination held by Archbishop John Peckham, in 1283.

It is one of the few Franciscan Friaries in England that is still roofed. The building is an aisle-less structure, 82 by 31 feet (25.0 by 9.4 m) with a height of 42 feet (13 m). Symmetrical windows separated by buttresses line the northern and southern sides of the building. The windows have simple chamfers on the outside with no further mouldings.

The western wall was a later addition, leading to the belief that some portion of the nave must have at least been begun. This modification to the building was executed so as to allow the chancel arch to remain visible spanning the whole width of the structure.

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