17, Guildhall Street

17 Guildhall Street is a former inn, originally known as The Three Goats Heads Inn, dating from the 16th century with 19th-century alterations. The building features a timber-framed structure that is rendered, topped with a plain tiled roof. It has three small cast-iron goats' heads on the eaves soffit and a jettied front that slightly breaks at the junction of two frames.

The exterior has two storeys with four windows on the upper floor: three are 2-light casements with horizontal glazing bars, and one is a 12-pane sash window in a flush cased frame. The ground floor has three 16-pane sash windows in flush cased frames and a six-panel entrance door in a plain surround. The ends of the jetty are covered with a plain fascia board, and the eaves soffit is plain wood. There are later extensions at the rear.

Inside, the cellar is accessible only from No. 18. The frame consists of four bays, with the southern end bay having been part of the adjoining house, as the dividing walls have been removed. The three northern bays originally contained a two-bay hall and two service rooms, but this layout was altered in the early 19th century. The ground floor features chamfered cross-beams with cut-off stops, and all original partition walls have been removed. There is a dado with raised fielded panels in the main room. A large brick chimney stack at the south end has a plain cut-down cambered lintel with a Tudor brick arch above.

On the upper storey, part of the rear wall plate has been cut away, and the rear roof pitch has been made shallower. Some good studding is exposed, showing traces of red ochre coloring, and there is a shutter slide in the front wall plate. The former open truss now has a partition wall and includes a peg-hole for a missing crown-post in the tie-beam. A small gabled rear extension contains an upper room with 18th-century panelling around the fireplace and doors.