The ground floor is of Tudor origin. It has beautifully preserved panelling. The Guildhall houses the civic plate and many rare items. The front of the building is dominated by a magnificent and iconic bracket clock made in 1683.

Earlier in 2002 Ash Contracting Ltd were awarded the project to repaint the outside of the Guildhall and we were given the opportunity to quote for the gold leaf restoration on and around the clockface.

We were very fortunate to be involved in the full Guildhall Restoration in 1987 and it was great to be back there again.

We set to work taking drawings of any of the old, gilded designs and then started with the preparation to repaint these areas ready for signwriting and gilding. We used a 23 ¾ carat gold transfer leaf as this was the best gold for the project and aesthetics. The entire clock face was also repainted in a high gloss black finish to really enhance the gold leaf.

The work took a couple of weeks to complete and the results have been well received by all.