The Vicars' Hall, St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, Berkshire: Excavation And Standing Fabric Recording, 1997–98

The Vicars' Hall at Windsor Castle has had a varied history. Recent excavation in the undercroft and recording of the standing fabric has now enabled its story to be firmly established. The curtain wall in this area of the lower ward, and an adjacent building discovered in the excavations, were probably built in the reign of Henry III between 1227 and 1230. The Vicars' Hall with its undercroft was built c. 1415–16 in the reign of Henry V and survives to this day, but was shortened when the Horseshoe Cloister was built between 1478–82. Around 1693 the hall was converted into a library and the undercroft divided up for housing.