The Old Guild House

The Old Guild House is a cottage dating from the 15th century, with alterations from the 16th and 17th centuries. It is timber-framed and plastered, featuring two exposed bays on the west side and a thatched roof. The building has a red brick ridge stack and a stack on the west gable end, along with a painted plinth. It is one storey high with an attic. The entrance has a 20th-century boarded door, and there are eight ground floor casement windows of various sizes with glazing bars, as well as three plain tiled gabled dormer windows.

Inside, some of the original 15th-century timber frame remains, although the structure was rebuilt in the mid-16th century with inserted floors. The floor in the central room has roll-moulded joists and an axial beam. There is a segmental arched brick fireplace from the mid to late 17th century. The cottage is located on the north side of the former road from Linton to Bourn Bridge, where a stone cross marked the crossroads in the early 19th century. William Palmer suggests that the cottage may have once served as the guildhall.