The Guild House

The Guild House is a former miller's house, likely built in the early 18th century, though it is said to have earlier origins. The building is constructed of coursed limestone rubble with ashlar quoins and dressings. It features a hipped and half-hipped stone slate roof with a stack located at the rear right. The house has two storeys, an attic, and a basement, with a two-window front. There is a flight of steps leading to an off-centre right-hand entrance, which has a part-glazed 19th-century door in a wooden frame, sheltered by a stone hood supported by carved brackets. The windows throughout are 2/2-pane horned sashes set in tooled surrounds with keystones. A band runs around the first floor of the house. The right return includes a plank door with chamfered jambs and lintel, as well as a two-light chamfered stone-mullioned window with a metal multi-pane fixed light. Hipped dormers are present on the roof, and there are Phoenix and District fire insurance marks on the front and rear, respectively.

Inside, the building features boxed beams and ground-floor window shutters. There are parts of an 18th-century dentil cornice and panelled cupboards flanking the fireplace in the right-hand front room. An open staircase is located to the left, and the roof structure from the 18th century includes roughly chamfered purlins. Historically, this building was part of the premises occupied by the Guild of Craftsmen, who moved from East London in 1901 under C.R. Ashbee, and it is associated with the nearby Old Silk Mill.