8 Castle Street

8 Castle Street is a house that dates from the early 19th century and has undergone renovations in the 20th century. It is constructed of grey and yellow gault brick with a slate roof and has a simple rectangular plan. The building is two storeys high with a 20th-century attic.

The front elevation faces north and features three bays with simple pilasters. The basement podium has a stepped batter to the wall face. The windows and central doorway have slightly segment-headed voussoirs, with the doorway approached by steps and featuring an overlight and a door with four flush panels. The outer windows are sash windows with horns, glazing bars, and 4x4 panes. Above the door is a similar window with 3x4 panes. There are two arched cellar openings in the podium; the one to the west is blocked, while the one to the east has a gate and a pavement trap door. The roof projects at both the east and west ends, with a pair of stacks at each end in the front and rear roof pitches. There are also two 20th-century skylights.

The rear elevation faces south and has colour-washed brickwork. The windows here are irregular; on the ground floor, there is a central 20th-century fully glazed door to the west, a small inserted three-canted bay window with casements featuring 1x2, 3x2, and 1x2 panes, a small inserted 20th-century single light window to the east, and a 20th-century rectangular 'picture' window with a brick base. The first-floor windows from west to east include a 19th-century sliding sash window with glazing bars and 4x4 panes, a 19th-century two-light casement with 2x3 panes, and a 20th-century three-light metal casement. The stacks and skylights are similar to those on the front elevation. The west end elevation is plain but has a deep roof on projecting purlins.

Inside, the layout features a central passage typical of a public house saloon, complete with a boarded dado and serving doors. The cellar is also preserved. Historical records indicate that the property was owned by the Fordham family, brewers from Ashwell, Hertfordshire, as far back as 1897.