8, East Street

No. 8 East Street is a house that has been converted into shops with offices above. It dates from the 17th century and was refronted in the 19th century, with alterations made in the 20th century and reconstruction following fire damage in 1984. The building is timber-framed with a 19th-century yellow-grey brick front, and there is plaster over the carriageway on the right. It has an old tiled roof featuring two gabled dormers with modern casement windows. The structure is two storeys high with attics and has five first-floor sash windows with glazing bars, which are recessed in reveals. Above the carriageway, there is a three-light sash window that replaced an earlier oriel bow window. The ground floor has 20th-century shopfronts, including twin projecting square bays with small panes over brick stallrisers. A continuous fascia runs above, covering the central doorway, which has twin leafed half-glazed doors. The exposed timber-framing can be seen in the carriageway on the right. At the rear, there is a two-storey outshoot made of yellow brick with old tiled roofs. After extensive reconstruction, this building is now recognized for its group value.