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4, 5 and 5a The Square

A Grade II Listed Building in Shrewsbury, Shropshire

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Latitude: 52.7076 / 52°42'27"N

Longitude: -2.7545 / 2°45'16"W

OS Eastings: 349116

OS Northings: 312485

OS Grid: SJ491124

Mapcode National: GBR BJ.2GK1

Mapcode Global: WH8BT.N6JL

Plus Code: 9C4VP65W+35

Entry Name: 4, 5 and 5a The Square

Listing Date: 10 January 1953

Last Amended: 17 November 1995

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1270485

English Heritage Legacy ID: 458362

ID on this website: 101270485

Location: Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY1

County: Shropshire

Civil Parish: Shrewsbury

Built-Up Area: Shrewsbury

Traditional County: Shropshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Shropshire

Church of England Parish: Shrewsbury St Chad

Church of England Diocese: Lichfield

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Description


This List entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 04/07/2019

SJ 4912 SW
653-1/15/661

SHREWSBURY
THE SQUARE (north-west side),
Nos. 4, 5 and 5A

(Formerly listed as Nos. 5 and 5A, Former Old Plough Inn, previously listed as Nos. 5 AND 5A The Old Plough Inn, formerly listed as THE SQUARE (West side) Nos. 5 AND 5A)

10/01/53

GV

II
Shop and former public house, originally a dwelling. Late C16.

Timber-framed with plain tiled roof. Three storeyed, three-window range. Ground floor renewed with brick nogging, with central and outer doorways, round-arched windows to left-hand shop, and oriel bay window to public house. Upper storeys each jettied out on moulded bressumer, and framed in small panels, with some ogee tension bracing, and quatrefoil panelling in the upper storey. Vertical members have raised twisted shaft decoration, and the timbers are also embellished with quatrefoil emblems. Three oriel wood mullioned and transomed windows with leaded lights on each floor, carried on moulded corbel brackets. Enriched bargeboards to gables over each upper window. Two rear wall stacks.

Listing NGR: SJ4911612485

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