The Guildhall

The Guildhall is a building located on Bridge Street, originally rebuilt in 1887, incorporating fittings from the early 16th century to the 17th century from the previous structure. The building features a two-storey east part of the north front with three window bays. The easternmost bay projects forward and includes a passageway on the ground floor. There is a Venetian window on the first floor with a round window above it, topped by a gable. To the right, there is a paired sash window in the middle bay and an overhanging bay window with a gable above in the west bay. The ground floor has two wide elliptical arches supported by columns, a narrower round-headed doorway at the right end, and a lower two-storey bay with a square grille on the first floor. This bay also contains a doorway with the original door to Cockmoil on the ground floor. Further to the right, there is a stair tower made of flint, circular at the bottom and octagonal above, topped with a slate cupola. A flight of steps leads up to a round-headed doorway on the south-west side of the tower, flanked by pilasters and topped with a gable. Additionally, there is a splayed transomed and mullioned oriel window on the first floor and an oval window in the attic with a gable above.

The Guildhall and The Museum form a group with Nos 60 to 62 Church Street. From the sea, the rear faces of The Museum and The Guildhall group with the sea walls at Gun Cliff and with the rear faces of Nos 1 and 2 Broad Street. The Guildhall also closes the vistas leading down Church Street from the north and up Coombe and Bridge Street from the west, forming a group with Nos 4, 4A, 5, and 6 Bridge Street, Nos 42 to 45 (consecutive), and No 47 Coombe Street, along with No 62 Church Street.