NHER 12229 (Building record) - Castle Hotel, High Street

February 1977. Visit.
Castle Hotel, High Street.
18th century, but said to have an older core. South facade five bays, two storeys, pediment over one bay with a lunette
window, above a Venetian window, and below that a tripartite door between two cartouche heads, with an interior wooden doorcase reset. A similar door is said to be inside. Patches of pebble rustication. Blocked windows in east wall. Battlemented parapets curving up at corners. Cast iron arched lamp holder with words 'Castle Inn'. Good condition.
E. Rose (NAU), 16 February 1977.

Extension and alterations in 1985 involved removing original rear wall of west end of building, now inside later lean to extension to north. Original wall consisted of greensand (wrongly called limestone by architect) into which a brick stack for extension had been set, and heightened in brick. Latter brickwork might just possibly be late 17th century but very
similar to inserted stack which must be 18th century at earliest. Local brick used. Beams above ceilings of main building shown to be simple chamfered. Inaccessible servants attic found in main roof, stairs from lean to had been removed in past. So no real evidence for pre 18th century work; lean to probably 19th century.
E. Rose (NAU), 18 April 1985.