8 Castle Street

House with an early- to mid-C18 frontage possibly incorporating earlier building fabric within, converted to commercial use on the ground floor during the mid-C19 and on the upper floors during the C20. The upper floors were converted back to residential use during the 2000s and the exterior of the building was restored in 2023.

MATERIALS: the building is externally rendered and has a mixed roof covering of slate (to the southern roof slope) and plain tiles (to the rest of the roof).

PLAN: the building has a long, rectangular footprint running north from Castle Street.

EXTERIOR: 8 Castle Street is of three storeys plus basement across three bays, under a pitched roof with a north-south slope to the principal, southern range and an east-west slope over the rear range. The principal, south elevation is symmetrically arranged. On the ground floor is a mid- to late-C19 shopfront with a late-C20 six-panelled door with a radiating fanlight above, flanked by thin, timber pilasters rising to a timber open pediment. The doorway is flanked by a pair of six-over-six timber sash windows. Above the shopfront, and partially overlapping with the pediment, is a row of plain timber dentils. Above, the first and second floors are slightly jettied. The first and second floors each have a range of three, recessed, timber sash windows; those on the first floor have six-over-six glazing and those on the second floor have three-over-six glazing. Between the two floors is a raised stucco panel. At the top of the elevation is a simple timber cornice with dentils. There is a single, flat-roofed dormer containing a timber casement facing onto Castle Street. There is a single, small window to the attic on the east elevation of the front range. The east elevation of the rear range contains casement windows on each floor and a pitched-roofed dormer with a timber casement window facing eastward. The north elevation contains a single window lighting the attic storey. The primary range is perpendicular to the street with a rear cross-wing which links to a separately listed, C17-cottage (National Heritage List for England (NHLE) entry 1321963).