5. Old Cloth Hall.
Listed Grade 11,
built 1629
by Archbishop Abbot,
extended in late C19.
Abbot intended it to
be a manufactory to
revive the Guildford
woollen cloth
industry, converted
in 1656 to house
paupers and in 1856
used as the
foundation of
George Abbot’s
school
8. Abbot’s Hospital.
The Hospital of the
Blessed Trinity,
founded in 1619 by
George Abbot.
Listed Grade 1.
Red brick with stone
dressings on flint
plinths, iron gates and
lamp at front
17. Guildford Castle.
Building started in
the late 11th
century with the
Tower being added
around 1130’s.
Castle and grounds
bought by
Guildford Borough
Council and
opened in 1888 as
‘Public Pleasure
Grounds’ to the
designs of
Henry Peak the
borough surveyor.
19. The Star Inn. Quarry Street. Mid-late C16 with late C18/early C19 front
20. The former
WHSmith
building on the
corner of Quarry
Street. Late C16,
timber framed
structure clad in
white washed
render,
reconstructed C20
21. The former
WHSmith
building on the
corner of Quarry
Street and the
High Street.
Late C16, timber
framed structure
clad in white
washed render,
reconstructed C20
27. On the corner of
Market Street and
the High Street.
The former
Bulls Head
public house and
next door building,
now shops. Built
c1500, refaced late
C17/C18 and
restored 1956.
Listed Grade 11.
28. The Guildhall
Listed Grade 1.
Built C1550,
extended at the
rear 1589, front
council chamber
and facade
added 1683,
cupola rebuilt
1882.
Clock
dated 1683.
Under balcony 3
caryatid brackets
carved with
torsos
29. Further information can be found
on the Polypodphoto website
and the British Heritage blog
Michael C Sleigh 2015