Blackfriars South Range

Blackfriars South Range is a Dominican friary, later used as company halls and almshouses, now functioning as a restaurant, tourist information centre and exhibition space, with Smiths' Company Hall. The building largely dates to the medieval period, with significant alterations in the 18th and 19th centuries and a restoration between 1978 and 1981. It is constructed of coursed squared sandstone with ashlar dressings, and has a Welsh slate roof to the Cordwainers' Hall, while the other roofs are tiled with pantiles and have two rows of stone slates at the eaves.

The Cordwainers' Hall was rebuilt in 1843 by John Wardle, as indicated by the dated door head. The front façade is two storeys high, featuring a 4:3:3:3 window arrangement. The slightly projecting left bay displays a boarded, studded door within a moulded Tudor-arched surround, with a date in the spandrels and a commemorative panel above. A raised dripmould contains carved Cordwainers' arms, and a single cusped window is positioned above the door. A plainer Tudor arch frames a second door, flanked by three-light casements. Cusped two-light windows are located above, all featuring label moulds. An eaves string and roll-moulded parapet complete the façade.

The Butchers' Hall, rebuilt in 1739, has a renewed door on the right and ground-floor horizontal sliding sashes under renewed stone lintels. Renewed cross windows with wedge stone lintels are situated above, along with a small, blocked rectangular window. The Tanners’ Hall features a renewed chamfered two-centred passage arch at the right, leading to a cloister. Four lancets have some renewed masonry and deep splayed reveals; three renewed cross windows are above.

The Smiths' Hall, added in the 19th century, has resited carved Company arms dated 1679 above a studded boarded door within a shaped, moulded surround. This bay also includes a gothic stone surround for the upper window and three ground-floor lancets and two cross windows, flanking a commemorative panel dating repairs from 1770.

The interior of the Butchers' Hall displays a chimney piece dated 1739 on its upper floor. The Tanners' Hall contains an oval table with benches and turned balustrades. A day stair runs alongside the passage. Smiths’ Hall features a round table with benches and iron railings, wall benches, a chimney piece with paired classical attached columns. Interior benches are positioned to reflect the location of the original medieval refectory benches.

The site is a scheduled ancient monument.