 Although the College Inn belonged to St. Mary's College at Winchester, Kirby does not record whether it was built by the College post-1414 or was instead an even earlier inn obtained when the priory was appropriated.The College is known to have built at least one other inn, in 1418—also called The Angel—on the main market street of New Alresford, Hampshire.Archaeological surveys in the late-20th century exposed evidence of burning on the surface of the chalk situated beneath the south wing of the inn which may have been deposited by the destruction of the College Inn.