Description

ILMINSTER

ST3614 SILVER STREET
1939-1/7/91 (North side)
29/07/76 Nos.2 AND 4
Lloyds Bank

GV II

Shown on OS Map as No.6.
Shop, now bank. c1800; altered 1939 and 1950. Ham Hill stone
ashlar with slate roof, hipped to the south-east, on the
corner, and gabled to the sides.
3 storeys; 6-window range. 3 windows face south, and 3 face
east, with 8/8-pane sashes to upper floors. The ground floor
has banded rustication below a moulded dentilled cornice which
contains the bank's name. The slightly stepped-forward canted
bay at the corner has a carved roundel with the bank emblem
above a 1939 pedimented doorcase. The south facade, on Silver
Street, is 3-window range with 6/6-pane horned sashes; range
to the right is flanked by pilasters, though that to the left
is really a chimney-stack. A moulded cornice spans both
facades, as does a c1950 granite plinth. INTERIOR not
inspected.
HISTORY: a C19 photograph shows the shop to have been called
London House, barber, saddler etc.

Listing NGR: ST3610714536

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26581086

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Recommended Books

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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)