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Shipston Library

A Grade II Listed Building in Shipston-on-Stour, Warwickshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.0629 / 52°3'46"N

Longitude: -1.6234 / 1°37'24"W

OS Eastings: 425913

OS Northings: 240568

OS Grid: SP259405

Mapcode National: GBR 5PS.QC8

Mapcode Global: VHBYM.TD4Y

Plus Code: 9C4W397G+5J

Entry Name: Shipston Library

Listing Date: 13 October 1966

Last Amended: 16 May 1988

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1185483

English Heritage Legacy ID: 306452

Also known as: Shipston on Stour Library
Shipston-on-Stour Library and Information Centre

ID on this website: 101185483

Location: Shipston-on-Stour, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, CV36

County: Warwickshire

District: Stratford-on-Avon

Civil Parish: Shipston on Stour

Built-Up Area: Shipston-on-Stour

Traditional County: Warwickshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Warwickshire

Church of England Parish: Shipston-on-Stour St Edmund

Church of England Diocese: Coventry

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Description


SHIPSTON ON STOUR CHURCH STREET
SP2540 (East side)
14/89 No. 10 (Shipston Library)
13/10/66 (Formerly listed as Friends
Meeting House)

GV II

Meeting house, now library. Late C17, with C20 rear wall. Squared, coursed
limestone and lias with quoins. C20 tile roof. 2 storeys; one-window range. To
far right a C20 part-glazed door with wood lintel. To centre of building a
3-light mullioned window with hood mould and label stops. Plain string course
wall above. Three C20 skylights. C20 double plank doors in left gable end.
Interior: retains original beams. Included for group value.
(Buildings of England: Warwickshire, p.395-396).


Listing NGR: SP2591340568

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