Description

ILMINSTER

ST3614 SILVER STREET
1939-1/7/99 (North side)
29/07/76 Nos.18 AND 20

GV II

Shop and house, now offices. c1850. Ham Hill stone ashlar;
hipped slate roof with wide eaves, and brick stack to
left-of-centre on party-wall. U-shape plan with rear wings.
2 storeys with attics. Shop to the right (No.18) is
symmetrical 3-window range: house to the left (No.20) is
2-window range with a door to the right. Steps with wreathed
iron handrails up to both doors; the doorcases have
cushion-moulded pilasters with a diamond-shaped panel below
consoles supporting a flat hood; both doors have shallow
overlights with Gothic-style glazing, that to the right is
C20, that to the left is original, with 3/3 vertical panels, 2
of which are now glazed. All windows have moulded architraves
with keystones, the shop has lower sills at plinth-level and
C20 plate-glass to both sides; all others are 8/8-pane sashes.
Right rear wing, once stables, is now altered to a dwelling,
that to the left is part of the offices.
INTERIOR: No.18 has a central staircase, No.20 one on the
right, both have stick balusters and turned newels; 4-panel
doors and stairs to boarded attics.

Listing NGR: ST3606014546

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26585857

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)