Description: The Old Castle Inn is situated at the junction of Castle Road and Houndsgate. Mortimer House (architect Watson Fothergill) was built in 1883 for Mr. Tate. The roof line is extremely varied and complex as the building runs down the slope between Hounds Gate and round the corner into castle gate. A square tower dominates the top end, above what is here used as The Old Castle Inn, while a rounded turret caps the lower end. The style reflects Fothergill's influence of Gothic, Old English vernacular, and northern European Continental architecture, particularly the buildings of Germany. Before it was a public house, this end building was used as a tea room.