Number 6 Row Number 8 Street

Numbers 8 Eastgate Street and 6 Eastgate Row South form an undercroft, Row, and townhouse, rebuilt in the early 19th century as shops with living accommodation above. The structure likely replaced an earlier building on the site, with possible remains of a medieval party wall surviving within the undercroft. The Row shopfront was altered around 1975, and stone repairs were undertaken to the facade in 2015. Both the undercroft and Row remain in shop use with storage above.

The building is constructed of ashlar sandstone with a hipped grey-slate roof, its ridge running parallel to Eastgate Street. The undercroft at street level has a shopfront featuring a round arch on each side of a broader segmental arch, all with stop-chamfered details. A shaped, glazed doorway is positioned in the central arch, flanked by plate-glass windows.

The Row has a tall opening to the street, separated by an ornate panelled cast-iron railing set between painted end piers, which may be of stone and have inset wooden panels. A sloped, boarded stallboard extends 1.5 metres from front to back, and the Row walkway surface has been covered. The Row now has a modern shopfront, concealing a corniced ceiling. A painted-timber entablature sits over the Row opening, displaying lion heads at the corners of the frieze and dentils to the cornice. Ashlar stonework is visible beside the pilasters and in the third and fourth storeys. The third storey features three altered sash windows within recessed architraves. The fourth storey has three recessed six-over-six sash windows in simple openings, the deep sills resting on cyma corbels. Above is a stone cornice and parapet. A brick lateral chimney is set back to the west.

Inside, there are five steps down to the undercroft. Masonry behind the eastern shop window appears to indicate a possible medieval party wall. All other surfaces within the shops at both the undercroft and Row levels are now covered.