8, Welsh Street

No. 8 Welsh Street is a house that has been used as a shop and is now an office. It dates from the 17th century but was refaced in the early to mid-19th century. The exterior is finished in stucco that is incised to look like ashlar, likely over coursed limestone rubble, and it has a slate roof. The building is two storeys high with an attic. It features a plinth, an external brick stack at the right end, a stone stack at the rear right, and two gabled dormers at the rear. The front has two windows; the first floor has 20th-century two-light casements, while the ground floor has a glazing bar sash window to the right and a mid- to late-19th century three-part shop window to the left, complete with a bracketed hood. The central entrance has a four-panel door, with the top two panels glazed, and is also topped with a bracketed hood. Inside, there is a 17th-century L-shaped staircase that has a moulded closed string, shaped splat balusters, a carved handrail, and square newel posts, along with a dog-leg staircase leading to the attic.