11, Guildhall Street

11 Guildhall Street is a former house with two shops, now used as offices. It dates from the early 16th century, with an 18th-century rear and an early 19th-century front. The building is timber-framed and rendered, topped with an old plaintiled roof featuring a wood modillion eaves soffit.

The exterior consists of two storeys, attics, and a cellar. The upper storey has three sash windows, two of which have single vertical glazing bars, while one is tripartite without glazing bars. A segmental-headed dormer features a small-paned tripartite sash window and a lead roof. On the ground storey, there are two mid-19th-century shop fronts. The left shop window is divided by vertical bars into three lights, surrounded by plain pilasters, a projecting cornice, and a fascia supported by ornate console brackets. The former shop door on the left has been converted into a window. The smaller shop window on the right has a similar but plainer surround and less ornate console brackets. The main doorway has plain pilasters and an open pediment, leading to a six-panel door.

At the rear, there is a three-storey 18th-century wing with a half-hipped mansard roof. This section features large 30-pane sash windows on the ground and first storeys, a three-light small-paned casement in the attic, and a two-light dormer in the slope of the half hip.

Inside, the cellar beneath the front range dates from the 17th century and has walls made of flint rubble with stone blocks, along with a timber ceiling featuring joists set on edge. The cellar beneath the rear range is from the 18th century. The ground storey reveals one main post, while the upper storey contains a four-bay room with a beam exhibiting reversed assembly, possibly replacing a former partition. The north end wall shows exposed framing and evidence of a former window with arched spandrels and rebates for shutters. The side purlin roof has some reused components, and the mansard roof of the rear range retains most of its original timbers.