8 Castle Street

8 Castle Street is an early to mid-18th century house, likely built upon earlier fabric. It was converted to commercial use on the ground floor in the mid-19th century and on the upper floors during the 20th century, before being returned to residential use on the upper floors during the 2000s. The exterior was restored in 2023.

The building is externally rendered with a mixed roof of slate (on the south-facing slope) and plain tiles. It has a long, rectangular footprint extending north from Castle Street.

The south-facing front elevation is three storeys plus a basement, arranged across three bays and topped with a pitched roof sloping north-south over the principal range and east-west over the rear range. The ground floor features a mid- to late-19th century shopfront with a late-20th century six-panelled door and a radiating fanlight, flanked by thin timber pilasters rising to a timber open pediment. It is flanked by a pair of six-over-six timber sash windows. Above the shopfront is a row of plain timber dentils. The first and second floors are slightly jettied, each containing a range of three recessed, timber sash windows: the first floor has six-over-six glazing, and the second floor has three-over-six glazing. A raised stucco panel sits between the first and second floors. A simple timber cornice with dentils tops the elevation. A flat-roofed dormer containing a timber casement faces onto Castle Street, and there is a small attic window on the east side of the front range. The east side of the rear range has casement windows on each floor, as well as a pitched-roofed dormer with a timber casement window facing east. The north elevation has a single window serving the attic storey. The main range is perpendicular to the street, and connects to a rear cross-wing which links to a separately listed 17th-century cottage (National Heritage List for England (NHLE) entry 1321963).