Tour of Guildford
Market Street
TunsgateThe Undercroft
Beneath 72-74 High Street is a perfectly preserved late 13th century vaulted semi-basement shop (one of the finest in Surrey) cut into the underlying chalk.
Open: Tuesdays and Thursdays from 2pm-4pm, Saturdays 12-2pm in summer. Admission free. Contact the museum for further information.
No. 90 (Currently "Whistles")
Number 90 is an interesting house with a 17th century façade and parts of an earlier building
incorporated into its structure. Note the vase-shaped pilasters supporting the bay windows.
Corner of Market Street
The Red Lion, the largest of Guildford's coaching inns, stood here. Amongst its guests were
King Charles II and Samuel Pepys. It declined into a pub in
Victorian Times (cf. the coming of the railways!), its gate renamed "Market Street", and
then closed after the
First World War.
The former houses date from the 16th century. In number 125 part of the roof timbers have been exposed and can be seen from the first floor.