Description

SJ4912SW
653-1/15/663

SHREWSBURY
THE SQUARE (north west side)
No.7

10/01/53

GV
II*
House, now shop and offices. c1730. Brick with plain tiled roof. Three storeys, four window range with late C19 shopfront with clustered shafts and central doorway. Additional doorway to right is integral with shop front, and also has clustered shafts, and an ogee arch. Twelve-pane sash windows above with flat-arched heads with keystones. String courses at each level. Central rainwater head. Deep modillion eaves cornice. Two gabled dormers in the roof. Angle quoins.

INTERIOR: straight flight stair with heavy turned balusters and closed string. Late C16 or early C17 panelling possibly resited or remaining from earlier fabric incorporated into present building. Small panels and frieze with abstract foliate patterns, mythical beasts.

Listing NGR: SJ4910312473

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17550423

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