10, Silver Street

This is an early 17th-century house, with later 19th and 20th-century alterations. It is constructed with a timber frame and rendered exterior, featuring brick chimney stacks and a thatched roof. The house has a T-shaped plan and a lobby-entry arrangement.

The main east-facing range has a rear wing extending from the north end of the west elevation. Modern single-story lean-to structures are attached – one to the west elevation and a wider one against the north gable of the main range. A centrally located chimney stack rises from the main range, with a second, internal stack at the gable end of the rear wing. The house is two stories high, with an attic in the main range. The upper floor is jettied on the main, east-facing elevation, with bracketed eaves and jetty. On the east elevation, there are three bays, featuring a central six-panelled front door flanked by 19th-century canted bays containing horned sash windows. Two casement windows are visible on the first floor. The north elevation has modern French windows at ground floor level. The south elevation of the rear wing has modern first-floor windows, but retains sash windows on the ground floor. The roof extends down to the ground floor on the north side, enclosed by the lean-to.

Inside, the ground floor room of the west wing contains a wide inglenook fireplace with a substantial bressumer. A cupboard with a plank and batten door is located to the south of the fireplace. A two-panelled door leads into the rooms of the main front range. In the north room of the main range, a significant amount of original studwork remains, including a chamfered beam with lambs-tongue stops, and a deeply chamfered bressumer over the fireplace. The south room contains a more modern fireplace, and the original timber framing is not visible there.

First-floor timber framing is also visible, particularly in the main range, where features such as jowled posts, tie beams, and studs are present. A bressumer, fireplace with a plain surround, and a cast-iron basket grate are also visible. Other joinery details include plank and batten doors and two-panelled doors. Access from a bedroom into the roof space of the west wing reveals wide floorboards and limewashed wattle and daub between the rafters.