Tuckers Hall, Exeter

The History of Tuckers Hall

Tuckers Hall, a Grade 11* listed building, was built with a fine barrel-vaulted roof in 1471 as a chapel for the Guild of the woollen cloth workers in Exeter.

The chapel was converted into a hall for the Guild at the Reformation, to avoid its being confiscated. After the Reformation the building was divided into two storeys, and the upper room was finely panelled and used for meetings of the Guild. There was a school for the children of the cloth-workers on the ground floor from the late 17th century until 1841. Many of the major figures in Exeter's history held office in the Guild. The records of the organisation survive. They make a significant contribution to the documentary history of the city of Exeter.