Gastrell House

Gastrell House is a large house in a terrace, dating from 1703 according to the deeds, although it was largely rebuilt in the early 19th century. The front is rendered with a parapet and features a slate roof with a brick stack on the left. The building has a single range that originally had three gables facing the street and stands three storeys high. There are three windows on the first and second floors, which are plate glass sashes set in painted stone frames. The ground floor features a 19th-century shop front that spans the entire width, framed by panelled and fluted pilasters. Above the shop front, to the left of centre, is a coat of arms of the Gastrell family, which is a 20th-century copy of a version found in the churchyard of the Church of St. Mary. Inside, the house retains many original beams and has remnants of a timber-framed partition wall on the second floor. A notable feature is the fine stick baluster central staircase, which has a quadrant shape and a ramped handrail. The large stone flag cellar has chamfered stone piers that support the ceiling and may predate the 1703 house.