56 And 60, Silver Street

DURSLEY SILVER STREET ST 7598 (south side) 5/64 Nos 56 and 60 II

Two shops in row with house to rear and over. Late C17; refronted c1840; C20 shop fronts. No 56: incised stucco, replacement tile roof. No 60: red Flemish bond brick, painted stone dressings, replacement tile roof; random rubble limestone to rear. Two- storey with single-storey outshut to rear of No 60. Attached building to rear of No 56 is not of special interest. Front: 2- window fenestration to each, 12-pane sashes to No 56, six-pane mid C19 sashes with stone voussoir lintels to No 60. C20 shop front to each. At centre, beneath upper floor junction between properties, opening to throughway with complex moulded and stepped C17 stone lintel, mouldings turned to continue down jambs which have been removed. Rear: gable over opening to throughway having C20 upper floor casement with timber lintel and timber lintel below to throughway. Small upper floor casement to right over single-storey lean-to. Interior contains late C17 (possibly earlier) compartment ceiling to shop of No 60 with moulded beams. Important townscape position on outside of curving street.

Listing NGR: ST7571898037