The Medieval Room

This room reveals Malvern's history during the Medieval period.

A monk, dressed in Benedictine habits, greets you in this room, which reflects the colourful chapter in Malvern's history from 1085 to c.1540. The Benedictine monastery was established in 1085, more than a mile from the tiny village of Baldenhall, near Barnards Green. The monastic habits are no longer seen, but the magnificent Priory Church with its stained glass, its misericords and the famous wall and floor tiles is still admired today.

The Guesten Hall, a noteworthy building which provided accommodation for the guests of the prior, was demolished in 1841. It is thought that Henry VII, his wife and their sons Arthur and Henry, stayed here around the year 1500. Drawings of the Guesten Hall hang in the museum corridor, together with a number of the medieval window heads which would then have been unglazed.