The Vicars' Hall was constructed between 1415-18 as part of the rambling collection of lodgings occupied by the vicars and other junior members of the college community. But when Edward IV began the Horseshoe Cloister in the 1470s, he chose to reintegrate this inherited building into his new work. The upper floor of the building subsequently served as the Vicars' common dining hall, a public space for this section of the community. In the 1550s, after the Reformation, the building was turned into schoolmasters' lodgings and then, in the late 17th-century, into the college library. The hall underwent a major restoration in 1860, at which time a fireplace from the recently demolished Denton's Commons was inserted within it. Since 1999 the hall undercroft has housed the college archives and chapter library, with their searchroom. The hall is now used variously as a lecture hall, concert room and meeting place.