Description

SHREWSBURY

SJ41SE VICARAGE ROAD, Meole Brace
653-1/4/764 (West side)
19/09/72 Old School House and Prudence
Cottage
(Formerly Listed as:
VICARAGE ROAD, Meole Brace
Old School House and Nos.1 and 2
School Cottages)

GV II

Pair of cottages. Part dated 1683 but unreliable as evidence
as re-cut or re-sited. Most of the structure is C18 with later
alterations. Brick with plain tiled hipped roof. 2 storeys and
single-storey and attic. Old School House has doorway to left
and projecting canted bay window with continuous lean-to porch
roof over. Casement windows above of 2 and 3 lights. Nogged
string course continues into Prudence Cottage, which has
central door in gabled porch with 2-light casement windows
each side of it and 2 gabled dormers above. Nogged string
course is cut by porch and there is a possible blocked door to
the left. Right-hand bay is a separate build, and has
dentilled eaves cornice. Renewed datestone with initials I
over RE.

Listing NGR: SJ4857610718

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26560579

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Recommended Books

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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)