The Guildhall and Adjoining Coachhouse is a Grade I listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 April 1954. A {"Late C14 (original)","c1768 (encasement/alterations)"} Guildhall.
The Guildhall and Adjoining Coachhouse
- WRENN ID
- dim-tin-lichen
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 April 1954
- Type
- Guildhall
- Period
- {"Late C14 (original)","c1768 (encasement/alterations)"}
- OS grid reference
- SO 510 745
- Coordinates
- 52.36647, -2.72097
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Guildhall and adjoining coachhouse, located on Mill Street in Ludlow, is a Grade I listed building. Originally built in the late 14th century as a timber aisled hall, it was encased in brick around 1768 by architect TF Pritchard. The structure features a brick exterior with an ashlar plinth and a plain tile roof. It stands two stories high and has a six-window range, with nine over six sash windows that have "Gothick" glazing in pointed heads, set beneath gauged brick pointed arches. The four sash windows on the right include heraldic lights.
The building has a brick modillioned cornice, a moulded stone cornice, and a parapet with stone coping. The entrance is located to the center left and consists of an eight-panel door with a round head, framed by a round-headed panelled case with an architrave, topped by a moulded flat hood and an enriched frieze supported by banded, clustered-shaft pilasters. There are five twelve over six sash windows under gauged brick pointed arches.
To the left is a two-storey coach house, now converted into a dwelling, which features two circular lights with cross glazing bars set in gauged brick surrounds, moulded stone eaves, and a Welsh slate roof topped with an ornate wood cupola, a replica of the one on the Butter Cross. To the right, there are double plank doors with an overlight in a boarded panel under a gauged brick arch, and to the left, a 20th-century plank door with a "Gothick" glazed overlight in a plain door case beneath a gauged brick pointed arch. A two-light window with a "Gothic" glazed head is also located to the left.
Inside, the building retains a largely intact 14th-century hall with its original roof featuring cusped slanting queen posts. A Gothic doorcase, added around 1768, includes triple shafts and a frieze with quartrefoils. The interior also contains 18th-century courtroom fittings.
Local climate
The Guildhall and Adjoining Coachhouse receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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