This fine door hood has the coat of arms of the Merchant Tailors Guild. It protects the entrance to their one time guild hall, built in 1740-1. The tailors were one of the 23 trade companies of the city, but lapsed on the death of the last member in 1824. A gruesome touch is the severed head of St John the Baptist. He was the patron saint of tailors. His symbols of the lamb and staff appear as the crest of the guild arms.
