London’s Guildhall has been the centre of the City’s government since at least the 12th century and is built on the site of a Roman amphitheatre. The medieval Guildhall was constructed between 1411 and 1440 in the Perpendicular Gothic style. After the Great Fire of London in 1666, Sir Christopher Wren and Robert Hooke led repairs and interior alterations. Later changes between 1788 and 1791 by George Dance the Younger introduced neoclassical elements, including the striking “Hindoo-gothic” porch. From 1866 to 1870, Sir Horace Jones restored many of the building’s lost Gothic features. The building was heavily damaged during World War II and restored in the 1950s by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, resulting in its unprecedented combination of medieval, Georgian, Victorian, and post-war architecture.