The Old Guildhall

The Old Guildhall is a house that was later divided into three dwellings. It dates from the late 15th century, with stacks added and a floor inserted around 1600. The building was partially rebuilt in the late 17th century and underwent alterations in the 18th and 20th centuries. It features a timber frame that is plastered and has a thatched roof. The structure consists of four bays, including a two-bay open hall with storeyed end bays. It is now all two storeys with an attic.

The exterior includes two 20th-century doors; the door on the right leads into the solar bay, while the left door approximately enters the original cross passage. There are 20th-century leaded casements and ground floor hoodboards. Above the hall's upper bay, there is an inserted two-light dormer with a hipped thatched head. An axial ridge stack was inserted in the lower bay of the hall and cross passage, and the right or solar gable end features an early external stack that tapers to the base with a single offset, located behind a pantiled lean-to outshut. In the attic, there is an early latticed light. The exposed 17th-century purlins can be seen in both gable ends.

Inside, much of the frame is concealed, but there is an original door rebate into the service bay on the left, which was largely rebuilt following a fire in the 17th century. The walls feature straight tension bracing, and there is a stop-chamfered axial binding beam. In the hall, there is an inserted stop-chamfered axial binding beam and joists, along with a chamfered four-centred arched door head into the solar bay. This bay has a rebated jowled storey post with a small chamfered brace leading to a stop-chamfered cross axial binding beam and plain joists.

The first floor has open truss jowled posts that are rebated, showing traces of corbelling to large arched braces that connect to a cambered tie beam, all of which are chamfered. There are straight arched braces from the posts to the wall plates, halved inside the close studding with a mid-rail. The solar end wall features tension bracing and an arched fireplace. There are inserted ogee stop-chamfered axial binding beams at both ends. The roof is a crown post design, with a tall octagonal post supporting the open truss, featuring a roll and bell-moulded cap and base, and four-way arched bracing. The rafters over the hall and solar are smoke blackened, while the roof over the end bays has been largely rebuilt with side purlins.