The wooden late gothic / early Tudor door this plaque is placed near on 6 Silver Street may have been salvage from the medieval Friary. This is a old and sturdy house and also contains a medieval fireplace inside. The house dates to the early sixteenth century, with two massive chimney stacks fronting the street, showing off to the world the modern luxury this home possessed. The heavy pointing to the stonework and modern tile roof disguise the great age of this house. Originally the roof will have been thatch or slate, with the chimneys rising above the roofline, with pointed dormers above the windows. It would once have been a very attractive building.
In the twentieth century this doorway was converted into a window. For many years the room behind was used as a small manufacturing workshop. Photographs survive of the original wooden door that once stood inside it.
A similar wooden door once stood at the entranceway to the Lamb Inn on High Street, which was demolished in 1888.
The name Silver Street does not seem to occur before 1730 and is assumed to refer to the silver makers who worked in this area. The narrowness of the street recalls many of the now lost small lanes of Bridgwater.