The Guildhall And Adjoining Coachhouse

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.