1, SILENT STREET (See details for further address information)

1. 1260 SILENT STREET (North West Side)

No 1 TM 1644 SW 3/197 19.12.51.

II* GV

Including No 47 St Nicholas Street. A C15 timber-framed and plastered house with a cross wing at the south west end. It stands on the corner of Silent Street and St Nicholas Street with a return front on St Nicholas Street (No 47). The upper storey is jettied on both fronts and the timber-framing is exposed. The gable of the cross wing is also jettied. The main block has a small jettied gable at the north-east end. 2 storeys, attics and cellars. 3 window range on Silent Street and 2 window range on St Nicholas Street, casements with lattice leaded lights. The crosswing has a range of casements on the 1st storey with a central oriel bay in C15 style. The attics are lit by a window in the gable. The ground storey has a C20 corner shop in period style with the entrance cut out behind a fine carved corner post. The ground storey of the main block has a window with restored oak mullions, and below it a 4-centred blocked opening with carved spandrels. The whole building has been restored. The interior, on the 1st storey, has a fine plaster ceiling decorated with fleur-de-lis and Tudor roses. Roofs tiled. On the west side of the crosswing in St Nicholas Street there is a plaque which records that the birthplace of Wolsey's parents formerly stood on the opposite side of the street.

Nos 1 to 9 (odd) form a group with Nos 19 to 47 (odd), St Nicholas Street. Also Nos 1 to 9 (odd) form a group with Nos 6 and 8.

Listing NGR: TM1626344303