Woolstaplers' House

Woolstaplers' House is a house with a medieval core, likely from the 14th and 15th centuries, and is related to the adjacent Woolstaplers' Hall. The current front of the house dates from around 1800 and is constructed of ashlar with a low-pitched slate roof. It features a chimney on the left side, three low storeys with two flat floor-bands, and two windows with glazing bar sashes, including a tripartite arrangement on the ground floor. There is a glazed door to the far left, which was formerly a through-passage, along with traces of earlier openings on the ground floor.

At the rear, there is a low two-storey extension that connects with the former barn, now partly incorporated into the house. The interior contains significant medieval fabric, including two 15th-century doorways in the south wall and a medieval stud partition on the first floor, with a moulded rear doorway that partially survives. Evidence suggests that this house may have served as the hall of a larger property that included Woolstaplers' Hall as the solar wing and the adjacent Symes House as the service end. It is indicated that Symes House and Woolstaplers' House were joined in the 18th century, as evidenced by the shared barn at the rear. Grevel House, located opposite, has a somewhat similar plan and may have influenced this design. Woolstaplers' House is graded II* due to its historical significance and its connection to C. R. Ashbee, the founder of the Guild of Handicrafts, who lived here between 1902 and 1919.