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The Medieval undercroft remains at Nos 50-52 High Street, Guildford, is a scheduled ancient monument comprising vaulted stone structures of thirteenth-century date. The undercroft survives beneath the modern street-level buildings and represents an important example of medieval commercial or domestic architecture typical of prosperous market towns during the High Medieval period. The vaulted construction indicates the buildings above were of substantial quality, likely belonging to wealthy merchants or civic officials. Such undercrофts served practical purposes for storage and the organisation of commercial premises in medieval urban centres.
Medieval undercroft remains at Nos 50-52 High Street, Guildford is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1400306. View the official record →
The Medieval undercroft remains at Nos 50-52 High Street, Guildford, is a scheduled ancient monument comprising vaulted stone structures of thirteenth-century date.
Medieval undercroft remains at Nos 50-52 High Street, Guildford is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1400306.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including St Catherine's Chapel (1.2 km), Henley Fort: a London mobilisation centre (1.5 km), Bowl barrow 90m west of Tyting Farm (2.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Medieval undercroft remains at Nos 50-52 High Street, Guildford's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Medieval undercroft remains at Nos 50-52 High Street, Guildford stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.