Nos 1, 3 And 5, With No 25 Castlegate

This row of three cottages, now functioning as three shops and a cafeteria, dates back to the early 17th century, with alterations made in the 19th and 20th centuries. The buildings are timber-framed and rendered, featuring a graduated stone slate roof on the left (No. 1) and a pantile roof on the right (Nos. 3 and 5). They are two storeys high with attics and consist of three bays, with No. 25 Castlegate located at the rear of No. 1.

No. 1 (on the left) has a half-glazed four-panel door positioned to the right of a six-pane shop window, which is topped by a 20th-century fascia board. On the first floor, there is a large 19th-century shop window above, featuring a cambered arch and wooden architrave. An end stack is located on the left side. The left return has a plain door (No. 25 Castlegate) with a dentilled cornice, leading into the rear outshut of No. 1. To the right of this door is a bow window with 28 panes and bowed walling below, accompanied by a 16-pane sash window above and a four-pane side-sliding sash in the gable. There is a central external stack and a sash window in a blocked doorway with wooden architrave and cornice to the right of the stack.

Nos. 3 and 5 Kirkgate feature ground-floor openings from left to right: a six-pane shop window, a half-glazed door in a plain frame, a two-pane shop window, and a half-glazed door in a 19th-century casing, followed by a 20th-century plate-glass shop window. There is a roofed passage leading to the rear of the property on the far right. The first floor includes a four-pane sash window on the left, a side-sliding sash with glazing bars in the center, and a blocked board door with a glazed centre panel on the right. A ridge stack is located in the center.

A plaque on the wall indicates that the building was recorded in a 1611 survey of the town as a "hospital for 6 poor folk" and notes that it retains its original wooden framework. There is a parallel range attached to the rear, which is not of special interest. The interior features visible ceiling beams and joists, although the roof was not inspected during the resurvey.