Description

SHREWSBURY

SJ4912SW THE SQUARE
653-1/15/665 (South West side)
10/01/53 No.13

GV II

House, now shop. Dated 1713, but incorporating an earlier
structure itself dated 1577. Painted brick encasing
timber-frame, with plain tiled roof.
3 storeys, 3-window range. 8-pane sash windows with
flat-arched, finely gauged brick heads, and moulded sills with
vestigial aprons. Doorway to left, and early C20 shop front
with 3-light window, and plain consoles to fascia. Entry to
passage to right. 2 pedimented dormers in the roof.
Overhanging eaves cornice with modillions. Angle quoins and
sill bands. Moulded beam to side elevation with initials G.P
and date 1577.
INTERIOR: early C18 staircase with turned balusters.

Listing NGR: SJ4914412450

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26546537

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Recommended Books

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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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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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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)