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Description: | The medieval building known as the Guildhall is set into the slope of the Mariners Hill to the east of the High Street. The monument includes the rectangular undercroft of the building, and above the undercroft, the ruined remains of the walls of the upper storey. At the southern end of the east wall is a projecting rectangular structure which contains the remains of the garderobe shute from the upper level. The walls of the building, which is also Listed Grade II* and has been dated to the 15th century, are constructed of flint with freestone dressings and some brick. The undercroft is vaulted in brick with four bays to either side of a central row of octagonal stone columns which support the ribbed vaults. It is lit by three internally splayed windows with stone surrounds set in the east wall and is entered by a door with stone moulded jambs and arch head in the north wall. Three steps lead down to the cobbled floor, which is circa 0.5 metres below the level of the ground surface outside. The walls of the upper storey stand to a maximum height of 2 metres and the remains of the eastern wall include parts of the stone sills of three window openings and the brick and stone jambs of the opening to the garderobe chamber. On the east side of the building, part of the foundation of the wall is exposed, the original ground surface level being marked by a clearly visible change in construction. The traditional name of the Guildhall may reflect its later use, but this structure was probably built originally as the house of a merchant, at a time when Blakeney was the third most important port in Norfolk after Yarmouth and Lynn. Scheduled. | Subjects: | Commercial Guildhall Civil Domestic Undercroft Merchants House | Source: | English Heritage - Viewfinder | Creator: | National Monuments Record | Identifier: | http://pastscape.english-heritage.org.uk... | Language: | en | Go to resource |
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