1 Silver Street

MATERIALS: the front (western) façade of the building is of red brick, with detail in stucco and stone. The gabled ends are painted brick with ironstone rubblestone in the gables. This is painted over to the north but left uncovered to the south gable. The south gable has a large expanse of concrete render. The chimneys are of limestone. The roof is pitched with gables to the north and south and covered with slate.

PLAN: roughly rectangular on plan with the principal facade facing onto Silver Street to the west.

EXTERIOR: three-storey townhouse. The western façade is in a symmetrical arrangement of three bays. A plain plat band divides the first and second floors on both elevations. Painted stone pilasters with prominent stone cornices decorate each corner of the building. On the west elevation, a stone cornice runs above the upper windows directly below the roofline.

The first-floor windows comprise two C19 oriel bays to north and south, and a central two-over-two sash window with a prominent moulded window surround and projecting keystone. The second-floor windows comprise three two-over-two sash windows again with moulded window surrounds and projecting keystones.

The northern façade is constructed from bricks as with the front façade, currently painted, and the mouldings from the western façade continue on this façade. As with the western façade, there are two painted stone pilasters to this elevation, one at the east and one at the western corner. In the centre of the gable of the north elevation, a limestone stone with the numbers ‘1778’ and the letters ‘J^M’ may indicate the original construction date of the building. The chimney on the northern façade is of dressed limestone. This façade has no window openings above the ground floor shopfront.

The southern façade is largely obscured by the adjoining building and by render, however, the gable end is visible. This is constructed from ironstone rubblestone and has limestone quoins visible on the rear corner and part of the gable. The chimney above is of dressed limestone. The shopfront is late C20 of plate glass and has no historic elements.

Listing NGR: SP8678778792