Description

SHREWSBURY

SJ4912NW CASTLE GATES
653-1/11/152 (East side)
10/01/53 Castle Gates House

II*

House. Late C16 with later modifications including major
restoration c1912. Timber-framed with plain tiled roof.
2 storeys and attic, 3-window range. Framed in closed studding
with middle rail, and moulded bressumer over ground floor, and
2 intermediate rails in the upper section, with some cusped
quatrefoil panelling in the 2 left-hand bays. None of the
rails is continuous across the facade, possibly 2 phases of
construction, perhaps left hand bays a later addition. Central
4-centred arched door, flanked by full-height canted bays with
3-light wood mullioned and transomed windows on each floor,
added c1912. Axial stack marks the junction of the 2 possible
phases of construction.
Lower 2-storey addition to the left, and long wing to the
right, largely brick but incorporating some timber-framed
construction.
INTERIOR: early C17 staircase with splat balusters and moulded
rail.
HISTORICAL NOTE: the house was originally built on Dogpole,
and was moved to its present position c1702 by the Earl of
Bradford, its original site being developed with what is now
the Guildhall (qv).

Listing NGR: SJ4942012755

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17542408

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Recommended Books

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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)