18 And 20, Silver Street

ILMINSTER

ST3614 SILVER STREET 1939-1/7/99 (North side) 29/07/76 Nos.18 AND 20

GV II

Shop and house, now offices. c1850. Ham Hill stone ashlar; hipped slate roof with wide eaves, and brick stack to left-of-centre on party-wall. U-shape plan with rear wings. 2 storeys with attics. Shop to the right (No.18) is symmetrical 3-window range: house to the left (No.20) is 2-window range with a door to the right. Steps with wreathed iron handrails up to both doors; the doorcases have cushion-moulded pilasters with a diamond-shaped panel below consoles supporting a flat hood; both doors have shallow overlights with Gothic-style glazing, that to the right is C20, that to the left is original, with 3/3 vertical panels, 2 of which are now glazed. All windows have moulded architraves with keystones, the shop has lower sills at plinth-level and C20 plate-glass to both sides; all others are 8/8-pane sashes. Right rear wing, once stables, is now altered to a dwelling, that to the left is part of the offices. INTERIOR: No.18 has a central staircase, No.20 one on the right, both have stick balusters and turned newels; 4-panel doors and stairs to boarded attics.

Listing NGR: ST3606014546