Description

MALMESBURY

ST9387 SILVER STREET
758-1/4/281 (East side)
01/07/76 Nos.6 AND 8

GV II

House, now attached pair. Late C17/early C18, altered late
C18. Render with limewashed limestone rubble to rear, with
brick ridge stack and interlocking tile roof with stone slates
to rear.
PLAN: 3-room plan with lobby entry and left-hand
through-passage.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and attic; 2:1-window range. Left of
centre and later left-hand doorways have flat timber canopies
on iron brackets and C18 doors with 6 flush panels. No.6 has a
double C20 ground-floor window with glazing bars, and 8/8-pane
and right-hand 10/10-pane first-floor sashes in exposed boxes;
No.8 has a wide ground-floor C19 bay with paired 12-pane
windows, a first-floor 10/10-pane sash and casement dormer
with a cambered head.
Rear has a C18 gabled service range to No.6 and a similar C19
brick range to No.8.
INTERIOR: details of No.6 include a flagged former
through-passage, ground-floor stone fireplace with bressumer,
splayed sides and a left-hand niche; central C19 lateral stair
to first floor, with studwork partitions, and an attic winder
stair to the rear of the stack; roof, partly obscured, has
tenoned purlins, lapped collars and diagonal bracing.

Listing NGR: ST9344487096

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26559385

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Recommended Books

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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)