46, Guildhall Street

46 Guildhall Street is a house that was formerly a shop, dating from the 16th century. It is constructed with a timber frame and roughcast, featuring a jettied design along the street front and a plaintiled roof. The building has two storeys and an attic.

On the upper storey, there are two tripartite sash windows, each with a single vertical glazing bar in flush cased frames. The ground storey retains remnants of a double early 19th-century shop front, which includes a large-paned sash window that has replaced the original door, along with another similar large-paned sash window. A large gabled dormer with a plaintiled roof contains a small plain two-light casement window. The entrance features a six-panel door, with the top two panels glazed. The ends of the jetty are finished with a plain fascia board. At the rear, there are two 17th-century wings, one with two storeys and an attic, and the other is two storeys high.

Inside, the cellar is not easily accessible. The front range is divided into two distinct sections. To the left of the entrance, there is a single early 16th-century bay with a main ceiling beam on the ground storey that has double ogee moulding and run-off stops. This moulding is also present across two transverse beams. A plain cambered timber lintel is found at the end stack on the south, connecting to the adjacent house. On the first storey, the walls display good studding, and there is a cambered and chamfered tie-beam with cut-off stops, which once had arched braces and pegs for a crown-post that were removed when the roof space was converted into a room. Shutter slides are present along the front and back walls on the upper storey. The entry and the section to the left are from the 17th century, featuring a higher ceiling; the main beam, which is partly boxed in, has curved stops with a groove. There is also an early 19th-century corner fireplace.