8 South Street

This is a house, likely built in the 17th century, with extensions and a new facade added in the late 18th or 19th century. The core of the southern section of the building is timber-framed, while the front elevation facing South Street is constructed of red brick laid in a Flemish bond pattern and painted on the ground floor. It has a group value, contributing to the character of the area.

The building is arranged in three ranges forming an L-shape, with the main section facing South Street composed of a north and south range and a third, smaller range extending west along the southern boundary of the plot. It is two or three storeys high, plus a basement, and spans two wide bays on South Street.

The east elevation is divided into two sections. The southern section has three full storeys plus a basement. The ground floor features a plate-glass shop window with timber supports and a timber and glass door, both with matching designs. A plain timber fascia runs above the shop and door. A modern timber cover conceals a basement light. The first floor has a canted oriel window with three timber sash windows; the central window has six-over-six glazing, while the outer windows have four-over-four. The second floor has a timber sash window with three-over-three glazing, slightly recessed and with a flat-arched head rendered in plaster. A stone-coped brick parapet hides the roof from the street.

The northern half of the building is two storeys high, with a tall brick parapet that matches the height of the southern portion of the facade. The ground floor has a shallow, segmental arched opening, previously a carriage entrance. Within the archway is a shop front with timber stall risers, pilasters and fixed, tripartite glazing, flanked by a pair of six-panelled doors that originally belonged to the carriage entrance. One of these doors is now fixed, while the other serves as the entrance to the dwelling above. To the north of the recess is a bullseye window with a casement window. The first floor has a timber sash window with six-over-six glazing and horns, recessed and with a rendered sill and a rusticated stucco flat-arched head. This window appears higher than the oriel window to the south, indicating different floor levels between the two halves of the building. Rear extensions were added in the 19th and 20th centuries.