Cellars beneath 10-14 (even) Silver Street

The cellars beneath 10-14 Silver Street are from around 1702 and were extended in 1781. They feature stone piers and brick vaults. The groined brick vaults are supported by a single row of seven stone piers and extend beneath the western ten bays of 10 and 12 Silver Street, where the windows are nearly square. There is an additional return that extends southward for nearly 10 meters, supported by two more piers.

The cellar has been extended to the east, beneath 14 Silver Street, and includes a pair of barrel-vaulted rooms that are partitioned off from the main area and fitted with shelves for bottle storage. The northern room is believed to have been a secure spirit store, while the southern room served as a wine store. Access to the cellar is through a short arched passage marked with an inscribed date stone reading "G P 1781." Originally, access to this passage was via a ramp to the south, as shown on Ordnance Survey maps, but this was filled in during the 1950s and replaced with a flight of concrete steps, which are not of special interest.

The cellar floor is flagged and includes drainage gullies. There are signs of a tramway entering the doorway, as well as later masonry partition walls interpreted as air raid shelter blast walls, which have since been removed. The vaults feature projecting keystones, some with circular holes of unknown purpose, possibly for drainage or ventilation. The western end walls have high-level openings with ceramic drain pipes, which have timber bungs attached to chains for an unknown reason. An inserted emergency exit is thought to have been part of the conversion to an air raid shelter. There is also evidence of an earlier doorway that likely provided direct access from Silver Street, along with a removed newel stair leading to the building above. Additionally, there are at least two blocked former light wells.

The building above the cellar is not included in the listing.