7 And 8, Hatter Street

7 and 8 Hatter Street is a house, originally built as a single dwelling and later converted into a pair of houses, now divided into five flats. It dates from the early 19th century, with an earlier core. The building is timber-framed and faced in white brick, topped with a slate roof that features a wood dentil eaves cornice, wide pedimented wings, and a slightly recessed center.

The exterior has three storeys and a five-window range arranged in a pattern of 2:1:2. It includes 12-pane sash windows set in plain reveals with flat gauged arches and projecting stone sills. The central window on the first storey is a large Venetian window, with its upper arch blocked and a raised stone band at sill level. Above this, there are two circular stone-framed bulls-eye windows flanking another sash window. The ground storey features two balanced six-panelled doors with elliptical arched doorways and a 12-pane sash window between them, all set within a tetrastyle recess supported by Tuscan columns. The back wall is constructed of flint rubble and includes a 12-pane sash window with a Gothick head that lights the stair. There are two rear wings: the north wing behind No.7 is built of a mix of flint, old red brick, and reused stone with rough stone quoining, while the south wing behind No.8 is timber-framed, rendered, and has a 20th-century extension at the east end.

Inside, the entrance hall features an early 19th-century central stair that splits above a half-landing into two flights, with stick balusters, moulded newels, a plain wreathed handrail, and closed strings. The timber-framed section running from the back to the front of No.8 is the oldest part of the building, with the top storey on the street frontage added in the early 19th century. Several main beams are either exposed or boxed in on the ground storey, with two featuring heavy ornate brackets.